# aaLogReader build template

Use these three files to rebuild `aaLogReader.dll` from upstream sources without depending on legacy MSBuild + `packages.config`. See [`../../README.md`](../../README.md) "Provisioning aaLogReader.dll" for the full step-by-step.

## Files

- [`aaLogReader.csproj`](aaLogReader.csproj) — SDK-style csproj targeting `net48`, references `Newtonsoft.Json 13.0.3` and `log4net 2.0.15`. Disables determinism (the upstream `AssemblyInfo.cs` uses a wildcarded `[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]`) and pulls in upstream source via relative `<Compile Include="..\aaLog\aaLogReader\..." />` globs. Two source files are excluded from those globs and replaced by the patched copies below.
- [`patched/LogRecord.cs`](patched/LogRecord.cs) — upstream `aaLogReader/Types/LogRecord.cs` with `using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;` added.
- [`patched/LogHeader.cs`](patched/LogHeader.cs) — same patch applied to `aaLogReader/Types/LogHeader.cs`.

## Why the patches

The upstream files reference `[CallerMemberName]` inside an `#if NET45_OR_GREATER` branch but never `using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;`. The original csproj only defined `NET45_OR_GREATER` for `TargetFrameworkVersion >= 4.5`; targeting net40 left the branch dead and the compiler never tripped. When SDK-style projects target net48, the compiler reaches that branch and fails because the attribute can't be resolved. The patched copies add the missing using directive and otherwise match upstream byte-for-byte.

## Layout the recipe expects

```
$env:TEMP\
  aaLog\                          (git clone https://github.com/aaOpenSource/aaLog.git)
    aaLogReader\
      aaLgxReader.cs
      aaLogReader.cs
      Enum\, Helpers\, Properties\, Struct\, Types\
  aaLogReader-build\
    aaLogReader.csproj            (copied from this folder)
    patched\
      LogRecord.cs                (copied from this folder)
      LogHeader.cs                (copied from this folder)
```

`dotnet build -c Release` from `aaLogReader-build/` produces `bin/Release/net48/aaLogReader.dll`. Copy that into `aalogcli/lib/aaLogReader.dll`.