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WPF for VB build failed with error BC2017: could not find library 'Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll' #3450

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@YunWeiaa commented on Tue Jul 23 2019

  • .NET Core Version: 3.0.100-preview8-013392
.NET Core SDK (reflecting any global.json):
 Version:   3.0.100-preview8-013392
 Commit:    37875bfd17

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Windows
 OS Version:  10.0.17763
 OS Platform: Windows
 RID:         win10-x64
 Base Path:   C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.0.100-preview8-013392\

Host (useful for support):
  Version: 3.0.0-preview8-27919-09
  Commit:  3fcf1dac55

.NET Core SDKs installed:
  3.0.100-preview8-013377 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  3.0.100-preview8-013392 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

.NET Core runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.12 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.12 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.0.0-preview8.19371.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.0.0-preview8.19372.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.12 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.0.0-preview8-27919-01 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.0.0-preview8-27919-09 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.0.0-preview8-27919-01 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.0.0-preview8-27919-09 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

To install additional .NET Core runtimes or SDKs:
  https://aka.ms/dotnet-download
  • Windows version: windows 10 1809 17763.437

Problem description:
Create a WPF app via CLI. Build

dotnet new wpf -o vbwpf -lang vb
cd vbwpf
dotnet build 

Actual behavior:
Dotnet build failed with error BC2017: could not find library 'Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll'
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Expected behavior:
Build succeeded.


@YunWeiaa commented on Tue Jul 23 2019

Note: WPF for c# build and run successfully.


@grubioe commented on Tue Jul 23 2019

This will succeed with build 3.0.100-preview7-012821. Can you try with this build? Thanks


@vatsan-madhavan commented on Tue Jul 23 2019

Create a global.json for your app using dotnet new globaljson --sdk-version 3.0.100-preview7-012821 and build against that.

If you don't have that SDK, you can install it using the scripts at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-install-script.

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