Reference3.Name Property

Gets the name of the object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Name As String

string Name { get; }

property String^ Name {
    String^ get ();
}

abstract Name : string with get

function get Name () : String

Property Value

Type: System.String
The returned string depends on the reference type.

Reference Type	Value Returned
Assembly	The assembly name, which is the file name of the reference without the extension.
COM	The name of the wrapper for the referenced type library, which is the file name without the extension.

Remarks

This property specifies the .NET Framework name of the referenced assembly, whether the assembly is a .NET Framework assembly or a wrapper for a COM type library.

Examples

This example displays the name of the first reference in an open Visual Basic or Visual C# project. To run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

Imports VSLangProj
Imports VSLangProj2
Imports VSLangProj80
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)
    GetName(applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub GetName(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    Dim aProject As Project
    Dim aVSProject As VSProject2
    ' The first project is a Visual Basic or C# project.
    aProject = applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1)
    aVSProject = _
    CType(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object, _
    VSProject2)
    Dim newRef As Reference3
    newRef = CType(aVSProject.References.Item(1), Reference3)
    MsgBox("The name of the first reference in the project is: " 
    & newRef.Name) 
End Sub

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;
    GetName(((DTE2)applicationObject));
}
public void GetName(DTE2 dte)
{
    // The first project is a Visual Basic or C# project.
VSProject2 aVSProject =
 ((VSProject2)(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object));
    Reference3 aRef = null;
    aRef = ((Reference3)(aVSProject.References.Item(1)));
    MessageBox.Show("The name of the first reference in the project 
is: " + aRef.Name);
}

.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

Reference3 Interface

VSLangProj80 Namespace