SolutionConfiguration2.Delete Method

Removes the SolutionConfiguration object from the collection.

Namespace:  EnvDTE80
Assembly:  EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub Delete

void Delete()

void Delete()

abstract Delete : unit -> unit

function Delete()

Remarks

For the SolutionConfiguration object, the last remaining solution configuration cannot be deleted.

Examples

This example displays the active solution configuration item's name for the first item, activates it, and then deletes it. Open a project in the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) before running this add-in. After you run this example, the configuration item that was displayed in the first message box is now removed from the Solution Configurations dropdown menu.

For more information about how to run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
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)
    SolutionConfigurationDeleteExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub SolutionConfigurationDeleteExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    ' Open a solution in the Visual Studio IDE
    ' before running this example.
    Try
        Dim builder As SolutionBuild = _
        _applicationObject.Solution.SolutionBuild
        Dim config As SolutionConfiguration2
        config = CType(builder.SolutionConfigurations.Item(1), _
        SolutionConfiguration2)
        MsgBox("The first solution configuration item's name in _
         the collection is: " & config.Collection.Item(1).Name)
        MsgBox("Activating the solution configuration...")
        config.Activate()
        MsgBox("Deleting the solution configuration...")
        config.Delete()
    Catch ex As System.Exception
        MsgBox(ex.ToString)
    End Try
End Sub

using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application, 
ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
    _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    SolutionConfigurationDeleteExample(_applicationObject);
}
public void SolutionConfigurationDeleteExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    try
    {
        SolutionBuild builder =
 _applicationObject.Solution.SolutionBuild;
        SolutionConfiguration2 config;
        config =
 (SolutionConfiguration2)builder.SolutionConfigurations.Item(1);
        MessageBox.Show("The platform name of the 
solution configuration is: " + config.PlatformName);
        MessageBox.Show("Activating the solution configuration...");
        config.Activate();
        MessageBox.Show("Deleting the solution configuration...");
        config.Delete();
    }
    catch(SystemException ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
    }
}

.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

SolutionConfiguration2 Interface

EnvDTE80 Namespace