VSProject.Events Property

Gets a VSProjectEvents object that allows you to respond to events of the Imports, References, and BuildManager objects.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Events As VSProjectEvents
VSProjectEvents Events { get; }
property VSProjectEvents^ Events {
    VSProjectEvents^ get ();
}
abstract Events : VSProjectEvents with get
function get Events () : VSProjectEvents

Property Value

Type: VSLangProj.VSProjectEvents
A VSProjectEvents object.

Remarks

The Events property provides access to events from the References, Imports, and BuildManager objects.

Examples

This example connects an event-handling method to the ReferenceAdded event for a specific project using the Events object. To handle events for all projects in a solution, see ReferencesEvents object.

[Visual Basic]

' Macro Editor
' This example connects a trivial function to the ReferenceAdded event,
' which is raised just after a reference is added to the project.
Imports VSLangProj
Sub ConnectEvents()
   Dim proj As Project = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1)
   Dim vsproj As VSProject = CType(proj.Object, VSProject)
   Dim refEvents As ReferencesEvents = vsproj.Events.ReferencesEvents
   AddHandler refEvents.ReferenceAdded, AddressOf ReferenceAdded
End Sub 

Sub ReferenceAdded(ByVal addedRef As Reference)
   MsgBox("A reference for " & addedRef.Name & " was added.")
End Sub

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

VSProject Interface

VSLangProj Namespace