No project source files for vb project?

[eschneider999]

Some of the newer projects don't contain the files, only the excluded items from the folder.

            BasicProjectFile proj = new BasicProjectFile(projectFilePath);
            proj.Load();

            // Print names of Visual Basic source files referenced in Visual Basic project file.
            foreach (BasicSourceFile sourceFile in proj.SourceFiles)
            {
                //sourceFile.
                Console.WriteLine("- " + sourceFile.FileName);
            }

[bbadjari]

I will need a bit more information about this issue you are experiencing in order to reproduce it. What are the "newer projects" you are referring to? What is the value of projectFilePath? Has this always been an issue or has it been observed more recently?

[eschneider999]

Was just trying out your lib. projectFilePath = the folder & project file.

I attached the project. Net Standard (VS2017). Looks like these are inverted. Lists excluded files.

Symbiotic.NetStandard.zip

[bbadjari]

Thanks for providing the project file. It seems that the source files are referenced slightly differently in the project than expected. Within the ItemGroup elements, instead of having <Compile Include="SourceFile.vb" /> elements there are <Compile Remove="SourceFile.vb" /> elements, the difference being the Remove attribute. If you change these to Include attributes you will get the desired behavior from the library, and will likely still be able to open the project in Visual Studio as expected.

For reference, see this article on the relevant project file elements.

[eschneider999]

no that's not the case. This project has many files not listed anywhere in the project file. The projects seems to assume all files in the folder, and excludes any files not wanted

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[bbadjari]

I haven't encountered a project setup like this before. It seems that only one of the folders in the screenshot you included is explicitly referenced in the project file to be included (i.e. the Diagrams folder). Everything else is referenced to be excluded (removed). Your assumption may be correct. I would have to see the solution file referencing this project to see if it plays any part.

Sufficed to say, this library does not support this project file configuration and depends on files/folders being explicitly referenced in project files. You could use the VisualStudioFiles class to discover all of the source files that are buried within this folder structure, but that would also include those that have been marked for removal.

[eschneider999]

sure I understand, let me know if you wish to pursue and support them. I will do what I can to help.