Bug Creation of Visual Studio project files by script fails (Unity 2021.3.7, Visual Studio Build Tools)

We generate the Visual Studio 2019 project files via a C# script. After installation of the Unity LTS version 2021.3.7 the project files are not created. We tried the following two proposals:

Code (CSharp):

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2. // use reflection
3. Assembly unityEditorAssembly = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(ActiveEditorTracker));
4. Type syncVsType = unityEditorAssembly.GetType("UnityEditor.SyncVS");
5. MethodInfo syncSolution = syncVsType.GetMethod("SyncSolution");
6. syncSolution.Invoke(null, new object[0]);
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Code (CSharp):

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2. // direct call
3. Unity.CodeEditor.CodeEditor.Editor.CurrentCodeEditor.SyncAll();
4.  

After that we switched to the Rider package. With this call the project files are created.

Code (CSharp):

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2. // use the Rider package
3. Packages.Rider.Editor.RiderScriptEditor.SyncSolution();
4.  

When the Visual Studio 2019 IDE is installed, everything is as expected. The value of CodeEditor.CurrentEditor is set to 'Microsoft.Unity.VisualStudio.Editor.VisualStudioEditor'. The created solution contains entries for the Debug and Release configuration.

Code (CSharp):

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2. Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
3. # Visual Studio 15
4. Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Assembly-CSharp", "Assembly-CSharp.csproj", "{146DC92F-68A6-764D-5386-1A2691CB68E1}"
5. EndProject
6. Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Assembly-CSharp-Editor", "Assembly-CSharp-Editor.csproj", "{0E303456-8278-5AA7-DD10-D036E70D0DF4}"
7. EndProject
8. Global
9.     GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
10.         Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
11.         Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
12.     EndGlobalSection
13.     GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
14.         {146DC92F-68A6-764D-5386-1A2691CB68E1}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
15.         {146DC92F-68A6-764D-5386-1A2691CB68E1}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
16.         {146DC92F-68A6-764D-5386-1A2691CB68E1}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
17.         {146DC92F-68A6-764D-5386-1A2691CB68E1}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
18.         {0E303456-8278-5AA7-DD10-D036E70D0DF4}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
19.         {0E303456-8278-5AA7-DD10-D036E70D0DF4}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
20.         {0E303456-8278-5AA7-DD10-D036E70D0DF4}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
21.         {0E303456-8278-5AA7-DD10-D036E70D0DF4}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
22.     EndGlobalSection
23.     GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
24.         HideSolutionNode = FALSE
25.     EndGlobalSection
26. EndGlobal
27.  

But, on our build machine the Visual Studio 2019 IDE is not installed, but the Visual Studio 2019 Build Tools. Now the value of CodeEditor.CurrentEditor is set to 'UnityEditor.DefaultExternalCodeEditor' and the created .sln file doesn't contain an entry for the Release configuration. We need that for the static code analysis with Resharper.

Code (CSharp):

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2. Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00
3. # Visual Studio 2010
4. Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Assembly-CSharp", "Assembly-CSharp.csproj", "{2fc96d14-a668-4d76-5386-1a2691cb68e1}"
5. EndProject
6. Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Assembly-CSharp-Editor", "Assembly-CSharp-Editor.csproj", "{5634300e-7882-a75a-dd10-d036e70d0df4}"
7. EndProject
8. Global
9.     GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
10.         Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
11.     EndGlobalSection
12.     GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
13.         {2fc96d14-a668-4d76-5386-1a2691cb68e1}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
14.         {2fc96d14-a668-4d76-5386-1a2691cb68e1}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
15.         {5634300e-7882-a75a-dd10-d036e70d0df4}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
16.         {5634300e-7882-a75a-dd10-d036e70d0df4}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
17.     EndGlobalSection
18.     GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
19.         HideSolutionNode = FALSE
20.     EndGlobalSection
21. EndGlobal
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I'm also confused about the different versions of Visual Studio listed in the first two lines of the generated solution file.

Any idea what went wrong here? Thanks for any answer.

 

Might be worth mentioning the doc https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/c...using-the-jetbrains-rider-editor-package.html
I would expect vs tools is not needed, you may use just dotnet instead.

 

Thanks for your answer. We are not using Rider as External Script Editor in Unity.

What do you mean with "use just dotnet instead"? Resharper requires the .sln files as input for the SCA.