How to set SGEN toolpath in Msbuild to target 3.5 framework

Question

I\'ve just upgraded a project from VS2008 to VS2010 but I\'m still targeting the 3.5 framework.

In my project file I have a custom task to run SGEN to generate my X

Answer 1

The problem is $(SGenToolPath) isn't set by MSBuild. If you use $(TargetFrameworkSDKToolsDirectory) then it will attempt to resolve the path based on $(TargetFrameworkVersion).

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