Solution3.FindProjectItem Method (String)
Locates an item in a project.
Namespace: EnvDTE90
Assembly: EnvDTE90 (in EnvDTE90.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Function FindProjectItem ( _
FileName As String _
) As ProjectItem
ProjectItem FindProjectItem(
string FileName
)
ProjectItem^ FindProjectItem(
String^ FileName
)
abstract FindProjectItem :
FileName:string -> ProjectItem
function FindProjectItem(
FileName : String
) : ProjectItem
Parameters
- FileName
Type: System.String
Required. The name of the project item to locate.
Return Value
Type: EnvDTE.ProjectItem
A ProjectItem object.
Implements
Solution2.FindProjectItem(String)
Remarks
FindProjectItem performs an OpenFile -type search for the given file name. The first project found to have the item returns its ProjectItem object for the name. If the file is not found in the solution, nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is returned.
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)
SolnFindProjectItemExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub SolnFindProjectItemExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
' This add-in finds a project item in a solution.
' Make sure you have a solution open in Visual
' Studio before running this example.
Try
Dim soln As Solution3 = _
CType(_applicationObject.Solution, Solution3)
MsgBox("Finding a project item in the solution ")
' Find the specified project.
Dim proj As ProjectItem
proj = soln.FindProjectItem _
(soln.Projects.Item(1).ProjectItems.Item(1).Name.ToString())
MsgBox(proj.Name.ToString())
Catch ex As System.Exception
MsgBox(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.
CreateExample((DTE2)_applicationObject);
}
public void CreateExample(DTE2 dte)
{
// This add-in finds a project item in a solution.
// Open a solution in Visual Studio before running
// this example.
try
{
Solution3 soln = (Solution3)_applicationObject.Solution;
MessageBox.Show("Finding a project item in the solution.");
ProjectItem proj;
proj =
soln.FindProjectItem
(soln.Projects.Item(1).ProjectItems.Item(1).Name.ToString());
MessageBox.Show("The project item found is: "
+ proj.Name.ToString());
}
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
Other Resources
How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples