How to get the Windows SDK folder in MSBuild?

Question

What would be the way to retrieve the Windows SDK folder in an MSBuild task?

Using the generateBootstrapper task I'm creating a bootstrapper for my setup to be able to install the pre-requisites. This task needs the path to the folder where the pre-requisite packages are located, i.e. the Windows SDK folder

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\" 

when using Visual Studio 2008. So far I have been using a hard-coded path but this won't work on any system. Is there a better way to get the path?

This is my build script:

<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"           ToolsVersion="3.5">     <ItemGroup>         <BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.2.0">             <ProductName>.NET Framework 2.0</ProductName>         </BootstrapperFile>         <BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.Windows.Installer.3.1">             <ProductName>Windows Installer 3.1</ProductName>         </BootstrapperFile>     </ItemGroup>      <Target Name="Bootstrapper">         <GenerateBootstrapper ApplicationFile="mySetup.msi"              Culture="de-DE"              ApplicationName="My Application"              OutputPath="$(OutDir)\de-DE"              BootstrapperItems="@(BootstrapperFile)"              Path="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\" />          <GenerateBootstrapper ApplicationFile="mySetup.msi"              Culture="en-US"              ApplicationName="My Application"              OutputPath="$(OutDir)\en-US"              BootstrapperItems="@(BootstrapperFile)"              Path="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\" />     </Target> </Project> 

Answer 1

You can also use the GetFrameworkSdkPath MSBuild task.

<GetFrameworkSdkPath>   <Output TaskParameter="Path" PropertyName="WindowsSdkPath" /> </GetFrameworkSdkPath>   

For example:

<GenerateBootstrapper    ApplicationFile="$(SolutionName).application"   ApplicationName="$(ClickOnceAppTitle)"   ApplicationUrl="$(ClickOnceUrl)"   BootstrapperItems="@(BootstrapperFile)"   Culture="en"   FallbackCulture="en-US"   Path="$(WindowsSDKPath)"   OutputPath="." />