ItemOperations.AddExistingItem Method

Adds an existing item to the current project.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function AddExistingItem ( _
    FileName As String _
) As ProjectItem

ProjectItem AddExistingItem(
    string FileName
)

ProjectItem^ AddExistingItem(
    [InAttribute] String^ FileName
)

abstract AddExistingItem : 
        FileName:string -> ProjectItem 

function AddExistingItem(
    FileName : String
) : ProjectItem

Parameters

• FileName
  Type: System.String
  Required. The full path and file name of the item to be added.

Return Value

Type: EnvDTE.ProjectItem
A ProjectItem object.

Examples

Sub AddExistingItemExample()
   Dim ItemOp As ItemOperations
   ItemOp = DTE.ItemOperations
   ' Add a log file to the project.
   ItemOp.AddExistingItem("d:\windows\ocgen.log")
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.

See Also

Reference

ItemOperations Interface

EnvDTE Namespace