Solution4.Open Method

Opens a specified solution.

Namespace:  EnvDTE100
Assembly:  EnvDTE100 (in EnvDTE100.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub Open ( _
    FileName As String _
)

void Open(
    string FileName
)

void Open(
    [InAttribute] String^ FileName
)

abstract Open : 
        FileName:string -> unit

function Open(
    FileName : String
)

Parameters

• FileName
  Type: String

  Required. The file name of the solution file to open.

Examples

For information on how to run this add-in code, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

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)
    SolnOpenExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub

Sub SolnOpenExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    ' This add-in opens a solution.
    Dim soln As Solution4 = CType(dte.Solution, Solution4)
    ' Try to open the solution.
    Try
        ' Make sure you replace <file path> 
        ' below with an actual path,
        ' and <solution.sln> with an actual solution file.
        soln.Open("<file path>\<solution.sln>")
        Catch ex As SystemException
            MsgBox("ERROR: " & ex.ToString())
        End Try
    End Sub

using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application,
 Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst,
 ref System.Array custom)
{
    _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    // Pass the applicationObject member variable to the code example.
    SolnOpenExample((DTE2)_applicationObject);
}

public void SolnOpenExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // This add-in opens a solution.
    try
    {
        Solution4 soln = (Solution4)_applicationObject.Solution;
        // Make sure you replace <filepath> below 
        // with an actual path
        // and <solution.sln> with an actual solution file.
        soln.Open(@"<file path>\<solution.sln>");
    }
    catch (SystemException ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + ex);
    }
}

.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

Solution4 Interface

EnvDTE100 Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples