Create a C# Console App in Visual Studio for Mac

This topic describes the steps needed to configure a C# console application in Visual Studio for Mac. These steps have been verified to work with Visual Studio for Mac 2022, on macOS Ventura 13.5.2.

Create the Visual Studio project

1. Create a C# console application in Visual Studio.

   • Choose .NET 6.0 for Target Framework

   • Name the project enum-devices.

   • Leave Put project file in a subfolder unchecked

2. Replace the contents of Program.cs with this code:

   using PrimoSoftware.Burner;
   
   namespace EnumDevices
   {
       class Program
       {
           static void Main(string[] args)
           {
               // Initialize PrimoBurner
               Library.Initialize();
   
               // Set license. To run PrimoBurner in demo mode, comment the next line out
               Library.SetLicense("license-xml-string");
   
               // Create engine
               using (var engine = new Engine())
               {
                   // Initialize engine
                   engine.Initialize();
   
                   // create device enumerator
                   using (var enumerator = engine.CreateDeviceEnumerator())
                   {
                       for (int i = 0; i < enumerator.Count; i++)
                       {
                           // create a device; do not ask for exclusive access
                           var device = enumerator.CreateDevice(i, false);
                           if (null != device)
                           {
                               Console.WriteLine("({0}:) - {1}",
                                   device.DriveLetter, device.Description);
                           }
                       }
                   }
   
                   // terminate engine
                   engine.Shutdown();
               }
   
               Library.Shutdown();
           }
       }
   }
   

3. Download the Darwin version of PrimoBurner for .NET (net60). The file you need will have a name similar to primoburner-net60-v5.0.1-demo.1-darwin.zip - the version number may differ.

4. Unzip in a location of your choice, then copy the file PrimoBurner.clrcore.x64.dll and libPrimoBurner.dylib to the project’s directory.

5. Switch to the project in Visual Studio and add a reference to PrimoBurner.clrcore.x64.dll. To do this right click the enum-devices project, select Add | Reference | .NET Assembly | Browse then select PrimoBurner.clrcore.x64.dll.

6. Add the libPrimoBurner.dylib to your project simply as a file, open file properties, and set the ‘Copy to Output Directory’ to ‘Copy if newer’, so it is copied to the output directory automatically. The PrimoBurner.clrcore.x64.dll needs libPrimoBurner.dylib and will not work without it.

7. Build the project (Cmd + K)

Run the application

./bin/Debug/net6.0/enum-devices

Troubleshooting

• You may get a 'DllNotFoundException' exception: Unable to load DLL 'libPrimoBurner.dylib': The specified module could not be found. To fix that, copy the file libPrimoBurner.dylib to bin/Debug/net6.0 under the project’s directory.