Solution4.AddSolutionFolder Method

Adds a solution folder to a ProjectItems collection.

Namespace:  EnvDTE100
Assembly:  EnvDTE100 (in EnvDTE100.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function AddSolutionFolder ( _
    Name As String _
) As Project

Project AddSolutionFolder(
    string Name
)

Project^ AddSolutionFolder(
    String^ Name
)

abstract AddSolutionFolder : 
        Name:string -> Project

function AddSolutionFolder(
    Name : String
) : Project

Parameters

• Name
  Type: System.String

  The name of the solution folder.

Return Value

Type: EnvDTE.Project
A Project object.

Remarks

AddSolutionFolder returns a Project object that you can cast or query interface (QI) to a SolutionFolder object.

Examples

For information on how to run this add-in code, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, _
 ByVal connectMode As ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, _
 ByRef custom As Array) Implements IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection
    _applicationObject = CType(application, DTE2)
    _addInInstance = CType(addInInst, AddIn)
    SolnFolderExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub SolnFolderExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    ' This add-in adds a new folder to an existing solution.
    Try
        Dim soln As Solution4 =  _
        CType(_applicationObject.Solution, Solution4)
        Dim solnName As String = _
        System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(soln.FullName)
        MsgBox("Adding a new folder to " & solnName)
        soln.AddSolutionFolder("MynewFolder")
    Catch ex As System.Exception
        MsgBox(ex.ToString)
    End Try
End Sub

using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application,
 Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst,
 ref System.Array custom)
{
    _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    // Pass the applicationObject member variable to the code example.
    AddSolnFolderExample((DTE2)_applicationObject);
}

public void AddSolnFolderExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // This add-in adds a folder to an existing solution. 
    // Open a solution in 
    // Visual Studio before running this example.
    try
    {
        Solution4 soln = (Solution4)_applicationObject.Solution;
        string solnName =
          System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(soln.FullName);
        MessageBox.Show("Adding a folder to the solution " + solnName);
        soln.AddSolutionFolder("MyNewFolder");
    }
    catch(SystemException ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + ex);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Solution4 Interface

EnvDTE100 Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Organize a Solution Using Solution Folders

How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples