VSProject2.CreateWebReferencesFolder Method

Creates the Web References folder for the project.

Namespace:  VSLangProj80
Assembly:  VSLangProj80 (in VSLangProj80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function CreateWebReferencesFolder As ProjectItem
ProjectItem CreateWebReferencesFolder()
ProjectItem^ CreateWebReferencesFolder()
abstract CreateWebReferencesFolder : unit -> ProjectItem
function CreateWebReferencesFolder() : ProjectItem

Return Value

Type: EnvDTE.ProjectItem
A ProjectItem object.

Remarks

If the Web References folder already exists, then this property returns the ProjectItem for the existing folder.

Examples

This example creates a Web References folder. The first project in the solution must be a Visual Basic or Visual C# project for the example to work properly. To run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

[Visual Basic]

' Add-in code.
Imports VSLangProj
Imports VSLangProj80
' This example creates a Web References folder, if it does not 
' already exist, and displays some properties of the folder.
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)
    WebReferencesFolderExample(applicationObject)
End Sub

Sub WebReferencesFolderExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    ' This example assumes that the first project in the solution is 
    ' a Visual Basic or C# project.
    Dim aVSProject As VSProject2 = _
    CType(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object, _
    VSProject2)
    ' Add a new folder if it does not already exist.
    If (aVSProject.WebReferencesFolder Is Nothing) Then
        Dim webFolder As ProjectItem
        webFolder = aVSProject.CreateWebReferencesFolder()
    End If
    ' Display the name of the Web References folder.
    Dim theFolder As ProjectItem = aVSProject.WebReferencesFolder
    MsgBox("The name of the WebReferences folder is " _
    & theFolder.Name & ".")

    If (theFolder.Kind = _
        EnvDTE.Constants.vsProjectItemKindPhysicalFolder) Then
        MsgBox(theFolder.Name & " is a physical folder.")
    End If
    MsgBox("There are " & theFolder.ProjectItems.Count.ToString() & _
    " Web references.")
End Sub

[C#]

using System.Windows.Forms;
using VSLangProj;
using VSLangProj2;
using VSLangProj80;
public void OnConnection(object application, ext_ConnectMode
 connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
    applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    WebReferencesFolderExample((DTE2)applicationObject);
}

public void WebReferencesFolderExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // This example assumes that the first project in the solution is 
    // a Visual Basic or C# project.
    VSProject2 aVSProject = 
((VSProject2)( applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object));

    // Add a new folder if it does not already exist.
    if ((aVSProject.WebReferencesFolder == null))
    {
        ProjectItem webFolder = null;
        webFolder = aVSProject.CreateWebReferencesFolder();
    }
    // Display the name of the Web References folder.
    ProjectItem theFolder = aVSProject.WebReferencesFolder;
    MessageBox.Show("The name of the WebReferences folder is "
 + theFolder.Name + ".");

    if ((theFolder.Kind == 
EnvDTE.Constants.vsProjectItemKindPhysicalFolder))
    {
        MessageBox.Show(theFolder.Name + " is a physical folder.");
    }
    MessageBox.Show("There are " + 
theFolder.ProjectItems.Count.ToString() + " Web references.");
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

VSProject2 Interface

VSLangProj80 Namespace