IVCCollection Interface

An IVCCollection object contains the functionality that can be exercised on a collections object.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("F34846C1-D08D-4359-907E-0EE22987618B")> _
Public Interface IVCCollection _
    Inherits IEnumerable

[GuidAttribute("F34846C1-D08D-4359-907E-0EE22987618B")]
public interface IVCCollection : IEnumerable

[GuidAttribute(L"F34846C1-D08D-4359-907E-0EE22987618B")]
public interface class IVCCollection : IEnumerable

[<GuidAttribute("F34846C1-D08D-4359-907E-0EE22987618B")>]
type IVCCollection =  
    interface 
        interface IEnumerable 
    end

public interface IVCCollection extends IEnumerable

The IVCCollection type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Count	Gets a value indicating the number of objects in the collection.
	VCProjectEngine	Gets an object pointer to the project engine.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	GetEnumerator	Returns an enumerator for items in the collection.
	Item	Selects an item in the collection.

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Remarks

For example, the Files property of a VCFilter object is a collection of the files in a folder.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the EnablePREfast and AdditionalOptions properties to set the /analyze:WX- switch. (Both properties are required to do this.) Specifying /analyze:WX- means that code analysis warnings will not be treated as errors when compiling with /WX. For more information, see /analyze (Code Analysis).

To run this example, enter and run this example as outlined in How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples. Then, in the new instance of Visual Studio, load a Visual C++ project and use the Add-in Manager to activate the add-in.

' Add reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.
Imports System
Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Imports System.Text

Sub EnablePREfastExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    Dim prj As VCProject
    Dim cfgs, tools As IVCCollection
    Dim cfg As VCConfiguration
    Dim tool As VCCLCompilerTool
    Dim sb As New StringBuilder

    prj = CType(dte.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object, _
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.VCProject)
    cfgs = CType(prj.Configurations, _
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.IVCCollection)
    cfg = CType(cfgs.Item(1), _
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.VCConfiguration)
    tool = CType(cfg.Tools("VCCLCompilerTool"), _
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.VCCLCompilerTool)

    sb.Length = 0
    sb.Append("Current project PREfast setting: " _
      & tool.EnablePREfast & Environment.NewLine)
    sb.Append("Flag: " & tool.AdditionalOptions)
    MsgBox(sb.ToString)

    ' Toggle PREfast setting.
    If Not (tool.EnablePREfast = True) Then
        ' PREfast is not enabled. Turn it and the WX- flag on.
        tool.EnablePREfast = True
        tool.AdditionalOptions = "/analyze:WX-"
    Else
        ' Toggle the opposite.
        tool.EnablePREfast = False
        tool.AdditionalOptions = "/analyze:WX"
    End If
    sb.Length = 0
    sb.Append("New project PREfast setting: " _
      & tool.EnablePREfast & Environment.NewLine)
    sb.Append("Flag: " & tool.AdditionalOptions)
    MsgBox(sb.ToString)
End Sub

// Add references to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine and 
// System.Windows.Forms.
using System;
using Extensibility;
using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

public void EnablePREfastExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    try
    {
        VCProject prj;
        IVCCollection cfgs, tools;
        VCConfiguration cfg;
        VCCLCompilerTool tool;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

        prj = (Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.VCProject)
          dte.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object;
        cfgs = 
          (Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.IVCCollection)
          prj.Configurations;
        cfg = 
          (Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.VCConfiguration)
           cfgs.Item(1);
        tools = 
          (Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.IVCCollection)
          cfg.Tools;
        tool = 
          (Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.VCCLCompilerTool)
          tools.Item("VCCLCompilerTool");
                                
        sb.Length = 0;
        sb.Append("Current project PREfast setting: " +
          tool.EnablePREfast + Environment.NewLine);
        sb.Append("Flag: " + tool.AdditionalOptions);
        MessageBox.Show(sb.ToString());

        // Toggle PREfast setting.
        if (!(tool.EnablePREfast == true))
        {
            // PREfast is not enabled. Turn it and the WX- flag on.
            tool.EnablePREfast = true;
            tool.AdditionalOptions = "/analyze:WX-";
        }
        else
        {
            // Toggle the opposite.
            tool.EnablePREfast = false;
            tool.AdditionalOptions = "/analyze:WX";
        }
        sb.Length = 0;
        sb.Append("New project PREfast setting: " +
          tool.EnablePREfast + Environment.NewLine);
        sb.Append("Flag: " + tool.AdditionalOptions);
        MessageBox.Show(sb.ToString());
    }
    catch (System.Exception errmsg)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("ERROR! " + errmsg.Message);
    }
}

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Namespace

Other Resources

HRESULTs That Are Returned by the Project Model

Visual C++ Extensibility Object Model