[BUG] Opening csproj: "It need be converted to new SDK style to work in C# Dev Kit."

[dibarbet]

Describe the Issue

Copied from https://github.com/dotnet/vscode-csharp/issues/6363

Type: Bug

Issue Description

There are a number of issues when opening the project at https://github.com/fknaopen/WindowsHoGPPeripheral:

1. The project does not do anything useful when opened.
2. Control-clicking on the link fails because the closing quote is included in the link.
3. The translation "It need to be converted" is incorrect -- it should say "It needs to be converted"
4. The text is unhelpful -- what does it need to be converted to, and how can the conversion be performed?

Steps to Reproduce

1. Clone https://github.com/fknaopen/WindowsHoGPPeripheral
2. Open the project
3. Select "src/bleHID/bleHID.csproj"

Expected Behavior

The project should open, or an actionable error should be presented.

Actual Behavior

The console outputs this error:

2023-09-14 22:56:35.619 [warning] The project file 'e:\Code\Ion\WindowsHoGPPeripheral\src\bleHID\bleHID.csproj' is in unsupported format (for example, a traditional .NET Framework project). It need be converted to new SDK style to work in C# Dev Kit.
2023-09-14 22:56:35.688 [error] Failed to load project 'e:\Code\Ion\WindowsHoGPPeripheral\src\bleHID\bleHID.csproj'. One or more errors occurred. (This project is not supported in C# Dev Kit.)
2023-09-14 22:56:38.488 [info] Project system initialization finished. 0 project(s) are loaded, and 1 failed to load.

Additionally, control-clicking on the .csproj file in the error log presents an error:

[Window Title]
Visual Studio Code

[Main Instruction]
Unable to open 'bleHID.csproj''

[Content]
The editor could not be opened because the file was not found.

[Create File] [Cancel]

Logs

C# log

Failed to find dotnet info from path, falling back to acquire runtime via ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime No compatible .NET runtime found. Minimum required version is 7.0. Dotnet path: c:\Users\Sean\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\globalStorage\ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime\.dotnet\7.0.11\dotnet.exe Activating C# + C# Dev Kit + C# IntelliCode... [Info - 10:56:29 PM] [Program]Language server initialized Failed to find dotnet info from path, falling back to acquire runtime via ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime No compatible .NET runtime found. Minimum required version is 7.0.

C# LSP Trace Logs

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Environment information

VSCode version: 1.82.0 C# Extension: 2.1.2 Using OmniSharp: false

Dotnet Information

Host: Version: 7.0.11 Architecture: x64 Commit: ecb34f85ec .NET SDKs installed: No SDKs were found. .NET runtimes installed: Microsoft.NETCore.App 7.0.11 [c:\Users\Sean\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\globalStorage\ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime\.dotnet\7.0.11\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Other architectures found: x86 [C:\Program Files (x86)\dotnet] registered at [HKLM\SOFTWARE\dotnet\Setup\InstalledVersions\x86\InstallLocation] Environment variables: Not set global.json file: Not found Learn more: https://aka.ms/dotnet/info Download .NET: https://aka.ms/dotnet/download

Visual Studio Code Extensions

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Extension version: 2.1.2 VS Code version: Code 1.82.0 (8b617bd08fd9e3fc94d14adb8d358b56e3f72314, 2023-09-06T22:07:07.438Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22000 Modes:

System Info

|Item|Value| |---|---| |CPUs|AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor (24 x 3693)| |GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
vulkan: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: enabled| |Load (avg)|undefined| |Memory (System)|127.95GB (70.33GB free)| |Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 13ac1c0c-c21f-4bdf-adb1-aeb068388617| |Screen Reader|no| |VM|0%|

A/B Experiments

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Steps To Reproduce

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Expected Behavior

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Environment Information

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[Thaina]

There are 2 problem here

1 - It seem the old project need to be converted, and I had been trying to fix it by adding <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework> to some <PropertyGroup> to fix it. Not sure this would really solve the problem

2 - The error dialog is another unrelated annoying bug. It seem C# Dev Kit report error with ' character around path argument. But vscode see the ' as valid character for path are included in the path uri for opening file. So when trying to open something.csproj it then trying to open something.csproj' which certainly not exist

Conventionally C# should use " character instead, but the worst part is this extension are not opensource and we can't fix it ourselves

[Thaina]

Is this project still being maintain though?

The last commit is 3 months ago from @timheuer

[webreidi]

@Thaina yes, this project is actively maintained, although the code for C# Dev Kit is not maintained in this project.

C# Dev Kit does not support Legacy csproj projects. We recommend using the .NET Upgrade Assistant to help with upgrading your projects to a newer version of .NET.

Until the project is updated, Solution Explorer, Test Explorer, and other features of C# Dev Kit will not be available.

[Thaina]

@webreidi Reason I suspect that this project are not maintained came from the problem here

2 - The error dialog is another unrelated annoying bug. It seem C# Dev Kit report error with ' character around path argument. But vscode see the ' as valid character for path are included in the path uri for opening file. So when trying to open something.csproj it then trying to open something.csproj' which certainly not exist

I can't see where this came from except from C# dev kit itself. But this is very annoying and should be common bug yet it was not fixed properly

Anyway, is it possible to have this project being opensourced too?

[webreidi]

Because C# Dev Kit builds on the same foundations as Visual Studio for some of its functionality, it uses the same license model as Visual Studio and thus can not be open sourced. So none of the code for the extension itself sits in this repo, but we actively monitor issues reported and are updating the extension weekly in the pre-release channel.

Closing this issue as to use the full feature-set of C# Dev Kit, you must convert to the SDK style project.