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WPF projects don't compile

See original GitHub issue

Steps to reproduce:

mkdir WpfFormat
cd WpfFormat
dotnet new wpf
dotnet format --verify-no-changes

The resulting error is:

MainWindow.xaml.cs(25,13): error CS0103: The name 'InitializeComponent' does not exist in the current context [WpfFormat.csproj]

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Created 2 years ago
Reactions:2
Comments:10 (5 by maintainers)

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jmarolfcommented, Oct 18, 2021

We will need to talk to the WPF team about what the exact build targets are that they use in their “double build”. If I remember correctly, they generate additional project files that will need to be picked up by the MSBuild workspace.

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DavidZidarcommented, Oct 14, 2021

This should really be fixed before .NET 6 RTM.

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