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csproj file showing The expression ""Program.cs".GetPathsOfAllDirectoriesAbove()" cannot be evaluated.

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Issue Description

In a new Dot Net Core 3 console application, the .csproj file is showing an error The expression ""Program.cs".GetPathsOfAllDirectoriesAbove()" cannot be evaluated.

Steps to Reproduce

Create new .NET 3 console application. Open in VSCode. Open .csproj file

Expected Behavior

No errors

Actual Behavior

Error at end of file:

Logs

OmniSharp log

Starting OmniSharp server at 11/6/2019, 9:59:26 AM Target: /Users/johntsombakos/Projects/WorkflowStatus/WorkflowStatus.sln

OmniSharp server started with Mono 6.6.0. Path: /Users/johntsombakos/.vscode-insiders/extensions/ms-vscode.csharp-1.21.6/.omnisharp/1.34.6/omnisharp/OmniSharp.exe PID: 99757

    Starting OmniSharp on MacOS 10.15.1 (x64)

    DotNetPath set to dotnet

    Located 2 MSBuild instance(s)
        1: Mono 16.3 - "/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/6.6.0/lib/mono/msbuild/Current/bin"
        2: StandAlone 16.3 - "/Users/johntsombakos/.vscode-insiders/extensions/ms-vscode.csharp-1.21.6/.omnisharp/1.34.6/omnisharp/.msbuild/Current/Bin"

    Registered MSBuild instance: Mono 16.3 - "/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/6.6.0/lib/mono/msbuild/Current/bin"
        CscToolExe = csc.exe
        CscToolPath = /Users/johntsombakos/.vscode-insiders/extensions/ms-vscode.csharp-1.21.6/.omnisharp/1.34.6/omnisharp/.msbuild/Current/Bin/Roslyn

    Detecting Cake files in '/Users/johntsombakos/Projects/WorkflowStatus'.

    Could not find any Cake files

    Detecting projects in '/Users/johntsombakos/Projects/WorkflowStatus/WorkflowStatus.sln'.

    Queue project update for '/Users/johntsombakos/Projects/WorkflowStatus/WorkflowStatus/WorkflowStatus.csproj'

    Detecting CSX files in '/Users/johntsombakos/Projects/WorkflowStatus'.

    Could not find any CSX files

    Invoking Workspace Options Provider: OmniSharp.Roslyn.CSharp.Services.CSharpFormattingWorkspaceOptionsProvider, Order: 0

    Loading project: /Users/johntsombakos/Projects/WorkflowStatus/WorkflowStatus/WorkflowStatus.csproj

    Invoking Workspace Options Provider: OmniSharp.Roslyn.CSharp.Services.RenameWorkspaceOptionsProvider, Order: 100

    Invoking Workspace Options Provider: OmniSharp.Roslyn.CSharp.Services.EditorConfigWorkspaceOptionsProvider, Order: 200

    Configuration finished.

    Omnisharp server running using Stdio at location '/Users/johntsombakos/Projects/WorkflowStatus' on host 99653.

    Successfully loaded project file '/Users/johntsombakos/Projects/WorkflowStatus/WorkflowStatus/WorkflowStatus.csproj'.

    Adding project '/Users/johntsombakos/Projects/WorkflowStatus/WorkflowStatus/WorkflowStatus.csproj'

    Update project: WorkflowStatus

    Solution initialized -> queue all documents for code analysis. Initial document count: 3.

C# log

Empty

Environment information

VSCode version: 1.40.0-insider C# Extension: 1.21.6

Mono Information

OmniSharp using global mono :6.6.0

Dotnet Information

.NET Core SDK (reflecting any global.json): Version: 3.1.100-preview2-014569 Commit: 4bd5d24d87

Runtime Environment: OS Name: Mac OS X OS Version: 10.15 OS Platform: Darwin RID: osx.10.15-x64 Base Path: /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/3.1.100-preview2-014569/

Host (useful for support): Version: 3.1.0-preview2.19525.6 Commit: 5672978d91

.NET Core SDKs installed: 2.2.100 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk] 2.2.101 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk] 2.2.103 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk] 2.2.104 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk] 2.2.105 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk] 2.2.106 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk] 2.2.107 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk] 2.2.203 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk] 2.2.300 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk] 2.2.301 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk] 2.2.401 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk] 2.2.402 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk] 3.0.100 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk] 3.1.100-preview2-014569 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]

.NET Core runtimes installed: Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.0 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All] Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All] Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All] Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All] Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.4 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All] Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.5 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All] Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.6 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All] Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.7 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.12 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.0 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.4 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.5 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.6 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.7 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.0.0 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.0-preview2.19528.8 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.13 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.0 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.4 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.5 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.6 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.7 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.0.0 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.0-preview2.19525.6 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

To install additional .NET Core runtimes or SDKs: https://aka.ms/dotnet-download

Visual Studio Code Extensions

Extension	Author	Version
Angular2	johnpapa	8.1.1
auto-close-tag	formulahendry	0.5.6
azure-account	ms-vscode	0.8.7
csharp	ms-vscode	1.21.6
debugger-for-chrome	msjsdiag	4.12.1
githistory	donjayamanne	0.4.6
material-icon-theme	PKief	3.9.1
msbuild-project-tools	tintoy	0.3.2
ng-template	Angular	0.802.3
night-owl	sdras	1.1.3
night-wolf	MaoSantaella	1.8.1
noctis	liviuschera	10.14.0
open-in-browser	techer	2.0.0
output-colorizer	IBM	0.1.2
path-intellisense	christian-kohler	1.4.2
quicktype	quicktype	12.0.46
rushnav	DevExpress	0.0.5
vetur	octref	0.22.6
vscode-azurefunctions	ms-azuretools	0.20.0
vscode-docker	ms-azuretools	0.8.2
vscode-eslint	dbaeumer	1.9.1
vscode-svgviewer	cssho	2.0.0
vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin	ms-vscode	1.2.2
vscodeintellicode	VisualStudioExptTeam	1.2.0
vue-vscode-snippets	sdras	1.8.0
winteriscoming	johnpapa	1.3.0

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 4 years ago
Reactions:6
Comments:11 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

5reactions

jtsomcommented, Nov 6, 2019

Seems to be related to having .Net Core 3.1 preview installed. Even thought the .csproj file indicates <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFrameWork>, the .Net Core 3.1 preview tooling is being referenced. Adding a global.json file to specify .Net Core 3.0:

{
  "sdk": {
    "version": "3.0.100"
  }
}

eliminated the error. Updating to a target framework of netcoreapp3.1 (without the global.json) still shows the error)

2reactions

filipwcommented, Dec 24, 2019

Yes you can disable the extension and you will see the error go away. There is already an open issue there too https://github.com/tintoy/msbuild-project-tools-vscode/issues/59

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