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Enable VisualFSharpDebug VSIX to override F# compiler path via MSBuild props #19083

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Add VSIX MSBuild props file to override F# compiler path
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20 changes: 20 additions & 0 deletions vsintegration/Vsix/VisualFSharpFull/Microsoft.FSharp.VSIX.Debug.Overrides.props
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. See License.txt in the project root for license information. -->
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">

<PropertyGroup>
<!-- Override FSharpCompilerPath to point to VSIX Tools directory -->
<!-- This props file is deployed alongside the Tools directory in the VSIX -->
<!-- Calculate path from this file's location to Tools -->
<_FSharpDebugVsixPropsDir>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</_FSharpDebugVsixPropsDir>
<_FSharpDebugVsixToolsPath>$(_FSharpDebugVsixPropsDir)Tools\</_FSharpDebugVsixToolsPath>

<!-- Override only if not already set and compiler exists -->
<FSharpCompilerPath Condition="'$(FSharpCompilerPath)' == '' and Exists('$(_FSharpDebugVsixToolsPath)fscAnyCpu.exe')">$(_FSharpDebugVsixToolsPath)</FSharpCompilerPath>
</PropertyGroup>

<Target Name="WarnAboutDebugVsixCompiler" BeforeTargets="BeforeBuild" Condition="'$(FSharpCompilerPath)' == '$(_FSharpDebugVsixToolsPath)'">
<Warning Text="🔧 [F# Debug VSIX] Using custom F# compiler from: $(FSharpCompilerPath)" />
</Target>

</Project>
3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions vsintegration/Vsix/VisualFSharpFull/Source.extension.vsixmanifest
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<Asset Type="Microsoft.VisualStudio.ItemTemplate" d:Source="Project" Path="ItemTemplates" d:TargetPath="|TextFile;TemplateProjectOutputGroup|" d:ProjectName="TextFile" d:VsixSubPath="ItemTemplates" />
<Asset Type="Microsoft.VisualStudio.ItemTemplate" d:Source="Project" Path="ItemTemplates" d:TargetPath="|XMLFile;TemplateProjectOutputGroup|" d:ProjectName="XMLFile" d:VsixSubPath="ItemTemplates" />

<Asset Type="Microsoft.VisualStudio.MsBuildProps"
d:Source="File"
Path="Microsoft.FSharp.VSIX.Debug.Overrides.props" />
</Assets>
<Prerequisites>
<Prerequisite Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.CoreEditor" Version="[|%CurrentProject%;GetVSGeneralVersion|,)" DisplayName="Visual Studio core editor" />
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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions vsintegration/Vsix/VisualFSharpFull/VisualFSharpDebug.csproj
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</Content>
</ItemGroup>
</Target>

<ItemGroup>
<!-- Deploy the override props file as an MSBuild asset -->
<Content Include="Microsoft.FSharp.VSIX.Debug.Overrides.props">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
<IncludeInVSIX>true</IncludeInVSIX>
<VSixSubPath>.</VSixSubPath>
</Content>
</ItemGroup>
</Project>
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