ProjectItems.AddFromTemplate(String, String) Method
Definition
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Creates a new project item from an existing item template file and adds it to the project.
public:
EnvDTE::ProjectItem ^ AddFromTemplate(System::String ^ FileName, System::String ^ Name);public:
EnvDTE::ProjectItem ^ AddFromTemplate(Platform::String ^ FileName, Platform::String ^ Name);EnvDTE::ProjectItem AddFromTemplate(std::wstring const & FileName, std::wstring const & Name);[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(203)]
public EnvDTE.ProjectItem AddFromTemplate (string FileName, string Name);[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(203)>]
abstract member AddFromTemplate : string * string -> EnvDTE.ProjectItemPublic Function AddFromTemplate (FileName As String, Name As String) As ProjectItemParameters
- FileName
- String
Required. The full path and file name of the template project file.
- Name
- String
Required. The file name to use for the new project item.
Returns
A null reference.
- Attributes
Remarks
When you call AddFromTemplate, there is no need to explicitly create a new solution (such as with DTE.Solution.Create), because AddFromTemplate automatically creates a solution.
Note
The ProjectItems.AddFromTemplate method always returns null. In order to retrieve the added ProjectItem, you can interate through the ProjectItems collection, or use the ProjectItemEvents.ItemAdded event.