SharpGenTools 1.0.0 RC1 is out! I’ve done a lot of work since the 1.0.0 Beta to clean up the code and better integrate the SharpGenTools.Sdk package into MSBuild. There are a number of breaking changes, and some features from the SharpDX version that have been removed since they have been obseleted by the MSBuild integration. Take a look!

Added Features

Patching Signed Assemblies SharpPatch integration in the SDK can now patch signed assemblies as long as the sn.exe executable can be found via MSBuild or in the PATH.

Separate MSBuild Tasks Each step in the code-gen process is a separate task with matching targets to execute each step and correctly skip tasks when files have not been updated.

SDK rules in mapping files SDK rules encapsulate common headers and automatically locate them in the system. Currently, SDK rules can locate the C++ standard library by the name StdLib and the Windows SDK by the name WindowsSdk and the requested version.



Changed Features

Generate code with Roslyn Code generation is now done directly with the SyntaxFactory APIs in Roslyn instead of via T4. This makes it easier to refactor/update the code generation in the future.

Resolving consumed BindMapping files in packages has been changed to embed it into the package and create a .props file in the resulting package and make the resolution automatic. This may change again in the future, but this method is forward-compatible with any future changes.

Removed Features