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Codegeneration at runtime from a string to console exe is not working in C# .NET6

I have some code which must be able to generated a console application at runtime (Codegeneration with System.CodeDom). I did this already a lot, but in NET 6 now I am struggling with that and the new API. In the code below I try to compile simply from a string. See below the static class with method Start() which then should generates the application.
The compilations seems fine, no errors at the end. But when starting the generated AppCodegenerated.exe, it shows some reference exception with System.Runtime.
Please help, any Idea? Already researched a lot but could not find any useful solution..
//-
I used the Visual Studio 2022 / NET 6 and theses Nuget's:
using Basic.Reference.Assemblies;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Text;
using System.Text;
namespace CompilerSimplified
{
public static class Compiler
{
public static bool Start()
{
string FileName = "AppCodegenerated";
string ExePath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + #"\" + FileName + ".exe";
string code = #"using System; Console.WriteLine(""Hello.""); Console.ReadLine(); ";
// ------- References -------------
// .net platform references
List<MetadataReference> References = new List<MetadataReference>();
foreach (var item in ReferenceAssemblies.Net60) // ReferenceAssemblies from Nuget: Basic.Reference.Assemblies;
References.Add(item);
// or tried this: loop manually through system platform
//string[] fileEntries = Directory.GetFiles(#"C:\Program Files\dotnet\packs\Microsoft.NETCore.App.Ref\6.0.0\ref\net6.0\", "*.dll");
//foreach (string fileName in fileEntries)
// references.Add(MetadataReference.CreateFromFile(fileName));MetadataReference.CreateFromFile(fileName));
// ------- References END -------------
// delete existing file
if (File.Exists(ExePath))
File.Delete(ExePath);
// compiler options
CSharpCompilationOptions DefaultCompilationOptions =
new CSharpCompilationOptions(outputKind: OutputKind.ConsoleApplication, platform: Platform.AnyCpu)
.WithOverflowChecks(true).WithOptimizationLevel(OptimizationLevel.Release);
// encode soucre code
string sourceCode = SourceText.From(code, Encoding.UTF8).ToString();
// CSharp options
var parsedSyntaxTree = Parse(sourceCode, "", CSharpParseOptions.Default.WithLanguageVersion(LanguageVersion.CSharp10));
// compilation
var compilation = CSharpCompilation.Create(FileName, new SyntaxTree[] { parsedSyntaxTree }, references: References, DefaultCompilationOptions);
var result = compilation.Emit(ExePath);
// return
if (result.Success)
return true;
else
return false;
}
private static SyntaxTree Parse(string text, string filename = "", CSharpParseOptions options = null)
{
var stringText = SourceText.From(text, Encoding.UTF8);
return SyntaxFactory.ParseSyntaxTree(stringText, options, filename);
}
}
}
Above code runs fine without error and exports the AppCodegenerated.exe into the project /bin folder.
Execution of this generated AppCodegenerated.exe shows following on the output console:
Unhandled exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException:
The file or assembly "System.Runtime, Version = 6.0.0.0, Culture = neutral,
PublicKeyToken = b03f5f7f11d50a3a" or a dependency on it was not found.
The system can not find the stated file.

It is not possible to codegenerate directly a console application like the initial approach above. One possible solution is to generate first a dll (what I mentioned above in the example code is working fine), and from there include that .dll into a .exe, from where the functionality can run.

How to properly use ControlFlowGraph from roslyn code analysis in C#

I cannot understand why I am getting an error (using VS2017) for the code in below related to not finding the class ControlFlowGraph which is supposed to be part of the package Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.FlowAnalysis:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Build.Locator;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Symbols;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.MSBuild;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.FlowAnalysis;
namespace CodeAnalysisApp3
{
class Program
{
static async Task Main(string[] args)
{
// Attempt to set the version of MSBuild.
var visualStudioInstances = MSBuildLocator.QueryVisualStudioInstances().ToArray();
var instance = visualStudioInstances[0];
Console.WriteLine($"Using MSBuild at '{instance.MSBuildPath}' to load projects.");
// NOTE: Be sure to register an instance with the MSBuildLocator
// before calling MSBuildWorkspace.Create()
// otherwise, MSBuildWorkspace won't MEF compose.
MSBuildLocator.RegisterInstance(instance);
using (var workspace = MSBuildWorkspace.Create())
{
// Print message for WorkspaceFailed event to help diagnosing project load failures.
workspace.WorkspaceFailed += (o, e) => Console.WriteLine(e.Diagnostic.Message);
var solutionPath = args[0];
Console.WriteLine($"Loading solution '{solutionPath}'");
// Attach progress reporter so we print projects as they are loaded.
var solution = await workspace.OpenSolutionAsync(solutionPath, new ConsoleProgressReporter());
Console.WriteLine($"Finished loading solution '{solutionPath}'");
// TODO: Do analysis on the projects in the loaded solution
CSharpParseOptions options = CSharpParseOptions.Default
.WithFeatures(new[] { new KeyValuePair<string, string>("flow-analysis", "") });
var projIds = solution.ProjectIds;
var project = solution.GetProject(projIds[0]);
Compilation compilation = await project.GetCompilationAsync();
if (compilation != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(compilation.AssemblyName))
{
var mySyntaxTree = compilation.SyntaxTrees.First();
// get syntax nodes for methods
var methodNodes = from methodDeclaration in mySyntaxTree.GetRoot().DescendantNodes()
.Where(x => x is MethodDeclarationSyntax)
select methodDeclaration;
foreach (MethodDeclarationSyntax node in methodNodes)
{
var model = compilation.GetSemanticModel(node.SyntaxTree);
node.Identifier.ToString();
if (node.SyntaxTree.Options.Features.Any())
{
var graph = ControlFlowGraph.Create(node, model); // CFG is here
}
}
}
}
}
private class ConsoleProgressReporter : IProgress<ProjectLoadProgress>
{
public void Report(ProjectLoadProgress loadProgress)
{
var projectDisplay = Path.GetFileName(loadProgress.FilePath);
if (loadProgress.TargetFramework != null)
{
projectDisplay += $" ({loadProgress.TargetFramework})";
}
Console.WriteLine($"{loadProgress.Operation,-15} {loadProgress.ElapsedTime,-15:m\\:ss\\.fffffff} {projectDisplay}");
}
}
}
}
However, when I compile the above code I am getting the following error message with VS2017:
1>Program.cs(67,41,67,57): error CS0103: The name 'ControlFlowGraph' does not exist in the current context
1>Done building project "CodeAnalysisApp3.csproj" -- FAILED.
========== Rebuild All: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========
Version used:
Microsoft (R) Visual C# Compiler version 4.8.3761.0
for C# 5

Based on my test, I find I can use class ControlFlowGraph.
I installed the following nugetpackage.
Microsoft.CodeAnalysis
Microsoft.Build.Locator
Then, you will see the following result.
Besides, I used .net framwork 4.6.1.

I was able to solve the problem when I used roslyn CodeAnalysis packages with the proper versions:
CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces (3.4.0)
CodeAnalysis.FlowAnalysis.Utilities (2.9.6)
CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.MSBuild (3.4.0)
The target framework is .NETFramework 4.7.2
A link to a closed issue created for this question on roslyn Github repo is here

Can't find extarnal classes in Mono mcs C#

I’m running Visual Studio 2015 and Windows 8.1. I am struggling with a console application project.
The solution works fine in Visual Studio 2015, but when I try to compile it with mcs-compiler I get two errors (Kattis codetest use mcs-kompiler). Two external classes can not be found.
I'm getting the following error:
Program.cs(28,13): error CS0246: The type or namespace name Graph'
could not be found. Are you missing an assembly reference?
Program.cs(58,34): error CS0246: The type or namespace nameSolver'
could not b e found. Are you missing an assembly reference?
Compilation failed: 2 error(s), 0 warnings
The code is large so a I have pasted in just parts of it:
The Program class, where main is and the calls to ”Graph” and ”Solver” are made from:
Call in Program.cs:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// first call:
var edges = CliquesToEdges(cliques);
sudokuColour.Graph graph = new Graph(81, edges);
string line = "";
string storeLine = "";
string puzzle = "";
.
.
.
// second call:
for (int i = 0; i < store.Count(); i++)
{
puzzle = store.ElementAt(i);
sudokuColour.Solver solver = new Solver(graph, 9);
int node = -1;
foreach (char c in puzzle)
{
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Beginning of "Graph" class:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using sudokuColour;
namespace sudokuColour
{
public class Graph
{
.
.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Beginning of "Solver" class:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using sudokuColour;
namespace sudokuColour
{
public class Solver
{
private enum Result { Solved, Unsolved, Busted }
private readonly Graph graph;
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
What can the error be?

sudokuColour.Solver solver = new Solver(graph, 9);
The fact that you had to namespace-qualify it on the left probably means you should namespace-qualify it on the right too:
sudokuColour.Solver solver = new sudokuColour.Solver(graph, 9);
Alternatively, add a using directive at the top of the code file:
using sudokuColour;
or:
using Solver = sudokuColour.Solver;
likewise for:
sudokuColour.Graph graph = new Graph(81, edges);
If that still doesn't work: you're probably missing a project reference (or package reference, or assembly reference - but a project reference seems the most appropriate) between the two projects.

Where do I put the dlls for edge.js to access

I have been using edge.js to call a C# function from within my Node.js app, however when I go to execute the C# code I get for example:
Metadata file 'System.Collections.Generic.dll' could not be found
Metadata file 'System.Text.dll' could not be found
...
My code is this below, basically wanting to run a SSIS package using a stored procedure which I am calling from C#. Basically all my referenced dll's can't be found? Where should I put the dlls for edge to find them?
var executeSQL = edge.func(function() {
/*
#r "System.Data.dll"
#r "System.Collections.Generic.dll"
#r "System.Linq.dll"
#r "System.Text.dll"
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Data;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
public class StartUp
{
public async Task<object> Invoke(object input)
{
string result = string.Empty;
string packagePath = #"\SSISDB\test\package.dtsx";
string spName = "storedProcName";
using (var conn = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection("connectionString"))
using (var command = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand(spName, conn)
{
CommandType = System.Data.CommandType.StoredProcedure
})
{
conn.Open();
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("#PackagePath", packagePath);
command.ExecuteNonQuery();
Console.WriteLine("Finished");
};
return null;
}
}
*/
});
I know I can do this without C# and just use a module within node like mssql to execute the stored procedure but this was just an example test to get used to using edge.js

The comment from stuartd was correct in the sense to put the dlls under the same directory as the script (which I had tried) but I was still having the same issue. I solved my problem by having my C# code as a separate file and then referenced that file as below as part of the executeSSIS function. payload is just the object that gets passed from my node.js script to my C# script. Doing it this way solved my issue.
var payload = {
filePath: 'C:/temp/xlsx/' + req.file.filename,
path: req.packageName,
server: req.server
};
var executeSSIS = edge.func({
source: __dirname + '/cs/Program.cs',
references: [
__dirname + '/cs/System.Data.dll'
]
});
executeSSIS(payload);

C# API generator

I have a few dll files and I want to export all public classes with methods separated by namespaces (export to html / text file or anything else I can ctrl+c/v in Windows :) ).
I don't want to create documentation or merge my dlls with xml file. I just need a list of all public methods and properties.
What's the best way to accomplish that?
TIA for any answers

Very rough around the edges, but try this for size:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Reflection;
namespace GetMethodsFromPublicTypes
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var assemblyName = #"FullPathAndFilenameOfAssembly";
var assembly = Assembly.ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom(assemblyName);
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.ReflectionOnlyAssemblyResolve += new ResolveEventHandler(CurrentDomain_ReflectionOnlyAssemblyResolve);
var methodsForType = from type in assembly.GetTypes()
where type.IsPublic
select new
{
Type = type,
Methods = type.GetMethods().Where(m => m.IsPublic)
};
foreach (var type in methodsForType)
{
Console.WriteLine(type.Type.FullName);
foreach (var method in type.Methods)
{
Console.WriteLine(" ==> {0}", method.Name);
}
}
}
static Assembly CurrentDomain_ReflectionOnlyAssemblyResolve(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
{
var a = Assembly.ReflectionOnlyLoad(args.Name);
return a;
}
}
}
Note: This needs refinement to exclude property getters/setters and inherited methods, but it's a decent starting place

Have you had a look at .NET Reflector from RedGate software. It has an export function.

You can start here with Assembly.GetExportedTypes()
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.reflection.assembly.getexportedtypes.aspx