diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 12a376d..e04b4d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,4 +2,14 @@ Parts of this project based on code by Illumina.
For more info:
-https://github.com/Illumina/interop
\ No newline at end of file
+https://github.com/Illumina/interop
+
+## `.csproj` support
+It is possible to include eg. a C# project `.csproj` file with the `add_dotnet_project` function.
+This `.csproj` file must include a line
+
+```xml
+
+```
+
+as this is where CMake generates references to other ROS 2 packages in, as well as the output path and the assembly name.
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindDotNETExtra.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindDotNETExtra.cmake
index 81c214c..a3085b7 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindDotNETExtra.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindDotNETExtra.cmake
@@ -107,6 +107,79 @@ function(add_dotnet_test _TARGET_NAME)
endfunction()
+function(add_dotnet_library_project _TARGET_NAME)
+ cmake_parse_arguments(_add_dotnet_library_project
+ ""
+ ""
+ "PROJ;INCLUDE_DLLS"
+ ${ARGN}
+ )
+
+ csharp_add_existing_project(${_TARGET_NAME}
+ PROJ
+ ${_add_dotnet_library_project_PROJ}
+ ${_add_dotnet_library_project_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS}
+ INCLUDE_DLLS
+ ${_add_dotnet_library_project_INCLUDE_DLLS}
+ )
+endfunction()
+
+function(add_dotnet_executable_project _TARGET_NAME)
+ cmake_parse_arguments(_add_dotnet_executable_project
+ ""
+ ""
+ "PROJ;INCLUDE_DLLS"
+ ${ARGN}
+ )
+
+ csharp_add_existing_project(${_TARGET_NAME}
+ EXECUTABLE
+ PROJ
+ ${_add_dotnet_executable_project_PROJ}
+ ${_add_dotnet_executable_project_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS}
+ INCLUDE_DLLS
+ ${_add_dotnet_executable_project_INCLUDE_DLLS}
+ )
+endfunction()
+
+function(add_dotnet_test_project _TARGET_NAME)
+ # TODO: (sh) It seems the test project gets build twice with different output directories
+ # e.g.: the same output files are contained in "build///net6.0/" and "build///net6.0/linux-x64"
+ # But this seems to be the case with other projects as well (package rcldotnet and targets rcldotnet_assemblies and test_messages).
+ # So maybe this is how it should be, but why?
+
+ cmake_parse_arguments(_add_dotnet_test_project
+ ""
+ ""
+ "PROJ;INCLUDE_DLLS"
+ ${ARGN}
+ )
+
+ csharp_add_existing_project(${_TARGET_NAME}
+ EXECUTABLE
+ PROJ
+ ${_add_dotnet_test_project_PROJ}
+ ${_add_dotnet_test_project_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS}
+ INCLUDE_DLLS
+ ${_add_dotnet_test_project_INCLUDE_DLLS}
+ )
+
+ if(CSBUILD_PROJECT_DIR)
+ set(CURRENT_TARGET_BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CSBUILD_PROJECT_DIR}")
+ else()
+ set(CURRENT_TARGET_BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
+ endif()
+
+ get_filename_component(_add_dotnet_test_project_PROJ_ABSOLUTE ${_add_dotnet_test_project_PROJ} ABSOLUTE)
+
+ ament_add_test(
+ ${_TARGET_NAME}
+ GENERATE_RESULT_FOR_RETURN_CODE_ZERO
+ WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_TARGET_BINARY_DIR}/${_TARGET_NAME}
+ COMMAND dotnet test ${_add_dotnet_test_project_PROJ_ABSOLUTE}
+ )
+endfunction()
+
function(install_dotnet _TARGET_NAME)
get_target_property(_target_executable ${_TARGET_NAME} EXECUTABLE)
get_target_property(_target_path ${_TARGET_NAME} OUTPUT_PATH)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/dotnet/CMake.g.props.in b/cmake/Modules/dotnet/CMake.g.props.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64491ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Modules/dotnet/CMake.g.props.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+
+@CSHARP_BUILDER_INCLUDE_DLLS_STR@
+
+ @CSHARP_BUILDER_OUTPUT_PATH_NATIVE@
+ @_TARGET_NAME@
+
+
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/dotnet/UseCSharpProjectBuilder.cmake b/cmake/Modules/dotnet/UseCSharpProjectBuilder.cmake
index 523c0a7..c51ca03 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/dotnet/UseCSharpProjectBuilder.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/dotnet/UseCSharpProjectBuilder.cmake
@@ -192,3 +192,82 @@ function(csharp_add_project name)
${DOTNET_CORE_FOUND}
)
endfunction()
+
+function(csharp_add_existing_project name)
+ if(CSBUILD_PROJECT_DIR)
+ set(CURRENT_TARGET_BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CSBUILD_PROJECT_DIR}")
+ else()
+ set(CURRENT_TARGET_BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
+ endif()
+ set(CSBUILD_PROJECT_DIR "")
+ file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_TARGET_BINARY_DIR}/${name})
+ cmake_parse_arguments(_csharp_add_existing_project
+ "EXECUTABLE"
+ ""
+ "PROJ;INCLUDE_DLLS"
+ ${ARGN}
+ )
+
+ foreach(it ${_csharp_add_existing_project_INCLUDE_DLLS})
+ file(TO_NATIVE_PATH ${it} nit)
+ list(APPEND refs " \n")
+ endforeach()
+
+ list(LENGTH refs REFERENCE_COUNT)
+
+ if(REFERENCE_COUNT GREATER 0)
+ set(refs_concat "${refs}")
+ else()
+ set(refs_concat "")
+ endif()
+
+ get_filename_component(_csharp_add_existing_project_PROJ_PATH ${_csharp_add_existing_project_PROJ} DIRECTORY)
+ get_filename_component(_csharp_add_existing_project_PROJ_PATH_ABSOLUTE ${_csharp_add_existing_project_PROJ_PATH} ABSOLUTE)
+
+ get_filename_component(_csharp_add_existing_project_PROJ_ABSOLUTE ${_csharp_add_existing_project_PROJ} ABSOLUTE)
+
+ set(_csharp_add_existing_project_PROPS_PATH ${_csharp_add_existing_project_PROJ_PATH_ABSOLUTE}/obj/CMake.g.props)
+
+ set(CSHARP_BUILDER_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${name}/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
+ file(TO_NATIVE_PATH ${CSHARP_BUILDER_OUTPUT_PATH} CSHARP_BUILDER_OUTPUT_PATH_NATIVE)
+
+ # TODO: add to add_custom_target to avoid writing every time
+ string (REPLACE ";" "" CSHARP_BUILDER_INCLUDE_DLLS_STR "${refs_concat}")
+ set(CSHARP_BUILDER_INCLUDE_DLLS ${refs_concat})
+ configure_file(${dotnet_cmake_module_DIR}/Modules/dotnet/CMake.g.props.in ${_csharp_add_existing_project_PROPS_PATH} @ONLY)
+
+ if(${_csharp_add_existing_project_EXECUTABLE} AND NOT DOTNET_CORE_FOUND)
+ set(ext "exe")
+ else()
+ set(ext "dll")
+ endif()
+
+ add_custom_target(
+ ${name} ALL
+
+ COMMAND ${RESTORE_CMD}
+
+ COMMAND ${CSBUILD_EXECUTABLE} ${CSBUILD_RESTORE_FLAGS} ${_csharp_add_existing_project_PROJ_ABSOLUTE}
+ COMMAND ${CSBUILD_EXECUTABLE} ${CSBUILD_BUILD_FLAGS} ${_csharp_add_existing_project_PROJ_ABSOLUTE}
+ WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_TARGET_BINARY_DIR}/${name}
+ COMMENT "${RESTORE_CMD};${CSBUILD_EXECUTABLE} ${CSBUILD_RESTORE_FLAGS} ${_csharp_add_existing_project_PROJ_ABSOLUTE}; ${CSBUILD_EXECUTABLE} ${CSBUILD_BUILD_FLAGS} ${_csharp_add_existing_project_PROJ_ABSOLUTE} -> ${CURRENT_TARGET_BINARY_DIR}/${name}"
+
+ # TODO: How to deal with changes to *.cs files (Implicit include in *.csproj)
+ # DEPENDS ${sources_dep}
+ DEPENDS ${_csharp_add_existing_project_PROJ_ABSOLUTE}
+ )
+
+ set(DOTNET_OUTPUT_PATH ${CSHARP_BUILDER_OUTPUT_PATH}/${CSHARP_TARGET_FRAMEWORK}/${DOTNET_CORE_RUNTIME}/publish/)
+
+ set_target_properties(${name}
+ PROPERTIES
+ EXECUTABLE
+ ${_csharp_add_existing_project_EXECUTABLE}
+ OUTPUT_PATH
+ ${DOTNET_OUTPUT_PATH}
+ OUTPUT_NAME
+ ${name}${CSBUILD_OUTPUT_SUFFIX}.${ext}
+ DOTNET_CORE
+ ${DOTNET_CORE_FOUND}
+ )
+endfunction()