Alive cannot run WPF projects on VS2013 [Workaround]

[JoshVarty]

Currently we can run WPF projects in VS2015 thanks to some MSBuild tips from the Roslyn team.

However, there are some issues when it comes to using Alive on WPF projects in Visual Studio 2013. The gory details can be found at dotnet/roslyn/issues/2779.

We have a couple workarounds in mind. First of all, all users wishing to use Alive on VS2013 must install the Visual Studio 2015 Build Tools via the following.

1. Visit: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/visual-studio-2015-downloads-vs.aspx
2. Click "Additional Tools"
3. Click "Microsoft Build Tools 2015 RC"
4. Download and run.

Now we have two options:

• Hopefully we can figure out proper use of pkgdef to provide binding redirects telling VS to use the 2015 build tools.
• Alternatively, we can automatically modify devenv.exe.config with the proper redirects. I'd rather not do this, but it has worked in our tests and allows Alive to function on WPF projects.

We'll close this issue when we've made a decision.

[AmadeusW]

To be able to use Alive in Visual Studio 2013, download Microsoft Build Tools 2015

1. Visit: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/visual-studio-2015-downloads-vs.aspx
2. Click "Additional Tools"
3. Click "Microsoft Build Tools 2015 RC"
4. Download and run.

To be able to use Alive with WPF projects in Visual Studio 2013 update your Visual Studio configuration to use the new tools.

We've built a program that will do it for you.
- You can download it as an .exe from GitHub. (Requires Admin Privileges)
- You can browse the source and build it yourself on GitHub.

Let us know if you have any questions about this script!

[JoshVarty]

I'm going to close this. If we change our mind regarding this workaround, we'll re-open.