SlnEditor

https://github.com/timabell/SlnEditor

This fork of https://github.com/wgnf/SlnParser/ adds write support, allowing a full round-trip of the sln file to disk or string.

Easy (to use) Editor for your .NET Solution (.sln) Files.

This project targets netstandard2.0 so it can basically be used anywhere you want.

License: MIT

The library is licensed under the MIT license.

Referenced nuget packages remain under their respective licenses.

The tests include an apache-2 licensed example sln which remains under that license.

💻 Usage

Modifying a sln

var solution = new Solution("path/to/your/solution.sln");
solution.Projects.Add(new SolutionFolder(name: "A Sln Folder")
{
    Files = new List<string> { "path/to/file.txt"},
    Projects = new List<IProject>
    {
        new Project("MyCode", "code.csproj", ProjectType.CSharp),
    },
};
var modifiedSln = solution.ToString();
File.WriteAllText("path/to/your/solution.sln", modifiedSln);

Accessing the projects

// gives you a flat list of all the Projects/Solution-Folders in your Solution
var flat = parsedSolution.AllProjects;

// gives you a structured (Solution-Folders containing projects) of all the Projects/Solution-Folders in your solution
var structured = parsedSolution.Projects;

// this'll give you all the projects that are not a Solution-Folder
var noFolders = parsedSolution
  .AllProjects
  .OfType<SolutionProject>();

// this'll give you all the projects of the desired type (C# class libs in this case)
var csharpProjects = parsedSolution
  .AllProjects
  .Where(project => project.Type == ProjectType.CSharpClassLibrary);

Other sln editing tools

dotnet sln

There's a dotnet new sln and dotnet sln which provides some create/edit capabilities - see https://andrewlock.net/creating-and-editing-solution-files-with-the-net-cli/

SlnTools

There's SlnTools https://www.nuget.org/packages/SLNTools.Core / https://github.com/mtherien/slntools

sln-items-sync

• https://github.com/timabell/sln-items-sync

sln-items-sync uses this SlnEditor nuget package so might be a good example of using this library.

sln-items-sync is the reason this SlnEditor fork of SlnParser exists at all.

Stackoverflow

The usual host of people asking on stackoverflow, with mixed responses for this one.

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/707107/parsing-visual-studio-solution-files
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8742316/how-to-create-visual-studio-solution-sln-files-programmatically-including-we
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2736260/programmatically-generate-visual-studio-solution
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14153614/how-to-generate-a-new-visual-studio-project-in-a-visual-studio-project-programma

Developer setup

You can either build/run/test this locally or in dev containers

You should be able to use the dev tools of your choice - VSCode, Rider, Visual Studio etc