SolutionConfiguration2.Delete Method

Definition

Namespace:

EnvDTE80

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.12.40391

Removes the SolutionConfiguration object from the collection.

public:
 void Delete();

public:
 void Delete();

void Delete();

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(4)]
public void Delete ();

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(4)>]
abstract member Delete : unit -> unit

Public Sub Delete ()

Implements

Delete()

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

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 examle. 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.

Imports EnvDTE  
Imports EnvDTE80  
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 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());  
    }  
}  

Remarks

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