_DTE.LaunchWizard Method
Runs a wizard with the supplied parameters.
Namespace: EnvDTE
Assembly: EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Function LaunchWizard ( _
VSZFile As String, _
ByRef ContextParams As Object() _
) As wizardResult
wizardResult LaunchWizard(
string VSZFile,
ref Object[] ContextParams
)
wizardResult LaunchWizard(
[InAttribute] String^ VSZFile,
[InAttribute] array<Object^>^% ContextParams
)
abstract LaunchWizard :
VSZFile:string *
ContextParams:Object[] byref -> wizardResult
function LaunchWizard(
VSZFile : String,
ContextParams : Object[]
) : wizardResult
Parameters
- VSZFile
Type: System.String
Required. The .Vsz (wizard) file containing the information required to launch the wizard.
- ContextParams
Type: array<System.Object[]%
Required. The parameters for the wizard. The first parameter is a GUID that uniquely identifies the launch context as distinct from Add Item or Add Project or a custom GUID. The remaining arguments are user-defined and their number and values depend on the wizard.
Wizards (or templates) that come with Visual Studio — such as Visual Basic Windows Application or Visual C# Console Application—have a required set of context parameters that you must pass to them. For details on these, see ContextParams Enum. Wizards that you create can have more or less parameters.
Return Value
Type: EnvDTE.wizardResult
A wizardResult object.
Remarks
The main UI thread of the IDE is synchronous with the wizard's execution, so users cannot do anything until the wizard completes.
The following macro example demonstrates how to use the LaunchWizard method to launch the Visual Studio Add Item wizard. This wizard uses seven custom parameters, so values are set for each one. Any exceptions are caught by the Try...Catch block.
Examples
Sub LaunchWizardExample()
Dim params() As Object = New Object() { _
"{0F90E1D0-4999-11D1-B6D1-00A0C90F2744}", _ ' Param 0
"MyConsoleProject", _ ' Param 1
"C:\MyProjects", _ ' Param 2
"", _ ' Param 3
False, _ ' Param 4
"", _ ' Param 5
False} ' Param 6
' The wizardResult constant determines the state of the wizard, such
' as did it complete or was it canceled, etc.
Dim res As EnvDTE.wizardResult
' Set the project type to a Visual Basic project.
Dim s As String = _
DTE.Solution.TemplatePath(VSLangProj.PrjKind.prjKindVBProject)
' Launch the Visual Basic Console Application wizard using the
' supplied parameters. Any exceptions are caught below.
Try
res = DTE.LaunchWizard(s & "ConsoleApplication.vsz", params)
Catch e1 As System.Exception
MsgBox("Error: " & e1.Message)
End Try
End Sub
.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.