SolutionBuild2.BuildDependencies Property

Gets a BuildDependencies collection that allows you to specify which projects depend on which other projects.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property BuildDependencies As BuildDependencies

BuildDependencies BuildDependencies { get; }

property BuildDependencies^ BuildDependencies {
    BuildDependencies^ get ();
}

abstract BuildDependencies : BuildDependencies with get

function get BuildDependencies () : BuildDependencies

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.BuildDependencies
A BuildDependencies collection.

Examples

This example creates a solution and adds a Visual C# console project to the solution. It then displays the number of build dependencies for the project.

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)
    SolutionBuild2DependExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub SolutionBuild2DependExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    Try
        Dim soln As Solution2 = CType(_applicationObject.Solution _
        , Solution2)
        Dim csTemplatePath As String
        Dim csPrjPath As String
        Dim sb As SolutionBuild2
        Dim bld As BuildDependencies
        ' Make sure you create the folders that make up the path
        ' on your computer. You can replace this with your own path.
        csPrjPath = "C:\UserFiles\MyProjects\MyTestProject"
        ' Get the project template path for a C# console project.
        csTemplatePath = soln.GetProjectTemplate("Console Application"_
        , "CSharp")
        ' Create a new console project by using the 
        ' template obtained above.
        soln.AddFromTemplate(csTemplatePath, csPrjPath, "newCSProj" _
        , False)
        sb = CType(soln.SolutionBuild, SolutionBuild2)
        bld = sb.BuildDependencies
        MsgBox("The project " & bld.Item(1).Project.Name & " has "  _
        & bld.Count.ToString() & " build dependencies.")
    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;
    SolutionBuild2DependExample(_applicationObject);
}
public void SolutionBuild2DependExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    try
    {
        Solution2 soln = (Solution2)_applicationObject.Solution;
        String csTemplatePath;
        String csPrjPath;
        SolutionBuild2 sb;
        BuildDependencies bld;
        // Make sure you create the folders that make up the path
        // on your computer. You can replace this with your own path.
        csPrjPath = "C:\\UserFiles\\MyProjects\\MyTestProject";
        // Get the project template path for a C# console project.
        csTemplatePath = soln.GetProjectTemplate("Console Application",
 "CSharp");
        // Create a new console project by using the 
        // template obtained above.
        soln.AddFromTemplate(csTemplatePath, csPrjPath, "newCSProj",
 false);
        sb = (SolutionBuild2)soln.SolutionBuild;
        bld = sb.BuildDependencies;
        MessageBox.Show("The project " + bld.Item(1).Project.Name 
+ " has " + bld.Count.ToString() + " build dependencies.");
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.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

SolutionBuild2 Interface

EnvDTE80 Namespace