Updated to latest MSBuildLocator

Author: ATrefzer

CSharpCodeAnalyst/App.xaml.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 using CSharpCodeAnalyst.Exploration;
 using CSharpCodeAnalyst.GraphArea;
 using CSharpCodeAnalyst.TreeArea;
+using Microsoft.Build.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 
 namespace CSharpCodeAnalyst;
@@ -20,7 +21,14 @@ protected override void OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)
     {
         base.OnStartup(e);
 
-        Initializer.InitializeMsBuildLocator();
+        try
+        {
+            Initializer.InitializeMsBuildLocator();
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
+        }
 
         // Load application settings
         var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()

CodeParser/CodeParser.csproj

@@ -3,24 +3,24 @@
     <PropertyGroup>
         <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
-        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>		
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Locator" Version="1.7.8"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="3.3.4">
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Locator" Version="1.9.1" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="4.14.0">
             <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
             <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
         </PackageReference>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common" Version="4.10.0"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="4.10.0"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces" Version="4.10.0"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.Common" Version="4.10.0"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.MSBuild" Version="4.10.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common" Version="4.14.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="4.14.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces" Version="4.14.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.Common" Version="4.14.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.MSBuild" Version="4.14.0" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <ProjectReference Include="..\Contracts\Contracts.csproj"/>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\Contracts\Contracts.csproj" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>

CodeParser/Parser/Initializer.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,40 @@ public static void InitializeMsBuildLocator()
         // Without the MSBuildLocator the Project.Documents list is empty!
         // Referencing MSBuild packages directly and copy to output is not reliable and causes
         // hard to find problems
-        MSBuildLocator.RegisterDefaults();
+
+        try
+        {
+            MSBuildLocator.RegisterDefaults();
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            RegisterMsBuildManually();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void RegisterMsBuildManually()
+    {
+        var fallback = GetFallbackMsBuildPath();
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fallback))
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                "Failed to register MSBuild path. Please ensure that MSBuild is installed and the path is correct.");
+        }
+
+        MSBuildLocator.RegisterMSBuildPath(fallback);
+    }
+
+    private static string GetFallbackMsBuildPath()
+    {
+        var fallbacks = new[] { @"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\MSBuild\Current\Bin" };
+        foreach (var fallback in fallbacks)
+        {
+            if (Directory.Exists(fallback))
+            {
+                return fallback;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return string.Empty;
     }
 }