Project.ProjectItems Property

Gets a ProjectItems collection for the Project object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property ProjectItems As ProjectItems

'Usage
Dim instance As Project 
Dim value As ProjectItems 

value = instance.ProjectItems

ProjectItems ProjectItems { get; }

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

function get ProjectItems () : ProjectItems

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.ProjectItems
A ProjectItems collection.

Remarks

The returned collection represents project items that may be hierarchically below the project item.

Examples

This example works only in Visual Studio .NET 2003 and later versions. For more information, see How to: Programmatically Create Projects.

Sub ProjectItemsExample(ByVal dte As DTE)

    ' NOTE: This example requires a reference to the 
    '       VSLangProj namespace.

    ' Create a new solution.
    Dim soln As Solution = dte.Solution
    Dim solnName As String = "NewSolution.sln"
    Dim tempPath As String = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath()
    soln.Create(tempPath, solnName)

    ' Create a new Visual Basic Console Application project.
    Dim templatePath As String = 
        dte.Solution.TemplatePath(PrjKind.prjKindVBProject)
    templatePath &= "ConsoleApplication.vsz"
    Dim projName As String = "NewProject"
    soln.AddFromTemplate(templatePath, tempPath & projName, projName)
    Dim proj As Project = soln.Item(1)

    ' Add a comment to Module1.vb.
    Dim item As ProjectItem = proj.ProjectItems.Item("Module1.vb")
    Dim sel As TextSelection = CType(item.Document.Selection, 
        TextSelection)

    sel.StartOfDocument()
    sel.NewLine()
    sel.LineUp()
    sel.Text = "' New comment" & vbCrLf

End Sub

public void ProjectItemsExample(DTE dte)
{
    // NOTE: This example requires a reference to the 
    //       VSLangProj namespace.

    // Create a new solution.
    Solution soln = dte.Solution;
    string solnName = "NewSolution.sln";
    string tempPath = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath();
    soln.Create(tempPath, solnName);

    // Create a new C# Console Application project.
    string templatePath = 
        dte.Solution.get_TemplatePath(PrjKind.prjKindCSharpProject);
    templatePath += "CSharpConsole.vsz";
    string projName = "Project1";
    soln.AddFromTemplate(templatePath, tempPath + projName, 
        projName, false);
    Project proj = soln.Item(1);

    // Add a comment to Class1.cs.
    ProjectItem item = proj.ProjectItems.Item("Class1.cs");
    TextSelection sel = (TextSelection)item.Document.Selection;

    sel.StartOfDocument(false);
    sel.NewLine(1);
    sel.LineUp(false, 1);
    sel.Text = "// New comment\n";
}

.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

Project Interface

Project Members

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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