Do I need .NET SDK installed on client side for codedom to work

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I'm using System.CodeDom.Compiler.CodeDomProvider to generate some code dynamically in my desktop application.

The code is generated as following.

var provider = System.CodeDom.Compiler.CodeDomProvider.CreateProvider("CSharp");
CompilerResults cr = provider.CompileAssemblyFromSource(compileParams, textCode);

I have read that the CSharp provider is just a wrapper on top of CSC.exe unlike Roslyn which exposes compiler features as an assembly functionality.

Question: If I'm using System.CodeDom namespace to generate code, does it mean that the client desktop where this application will run must have .NET SDK installed so the application can call CSC.exe.

Similarly, If Roslyn was being used to generate assembly, do I need to deploy/copy Roslyn assemblies as part of my application to the client desktop?

What I have tried:

Wrote a sample application which uses Roslyn and Code Dom.

Posted 13-Oct-17 4:25am

i_syed2000

Updated 13-Oct-17 5:45am

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Mehdi Gholam 13-Oct-17 10:39am

No you don't need it, just the framework will do.

i_syed2000 13-Oct-17 11:06am

Can you explain how that works. It seems to be working for me as well. But I'm little confused how it is working. Is it because the code generation are built into the .net run time itself?

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i_syed2000 · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-13T05:45:00

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It looks like that "CSC.exe" does get installed as part of .Net Runtime. Found csc.exe in the following location.

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\

When the codedom api is executed, the csc compiler is launched to compile the code into the assembly.

Posted 13-Oct-17 5:45am

i_syed2000