ProjectItems.AddFolder Method

Creates a new folder in Solution Explorer.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function AddFolder ( _
    Name As String, _
    Kind As String _
) As ProjectItem

ProjectItem AddFolder(
    string Name,
    string Kind
)

ProjectItem^ AddFolder(
    String^ Name, 
    String^ Kind
)

abstract AddFolder : 
        Name:string * 
        Kind:string -> ProjectItem 

function AddFolder(
    Name : String, 
    Kind : String
) : ProjectItem

Parameters

• Name
  Type: System.String
  Required. The name of the folder node in Solution Explorer.

• Kind
  Type: System.String
  Optional. The type of folder to add.

Return Value

Type: EnvDTE.ProjectItem
A ProjectItem object.

Remarks

AddFolder adds a folder to the project and the ProjectItems collection and returns the newly created ProjectItem object. Its ProjectItems collection is empty. Some types of projects do not support adding certain kinds of folders (for example, vsProjectItemKindVirtualFolder).

Examples

This example works only in Visual Studio .NET 2003. For more information, see Migrating Code that Creates Projects by Using Templates.

Sub AddFolderExample()
   ' This function creates a solution and adds a Visual Basic Console
   ' project to it. 
   Dim soln As Solution
   Dim proj As Project
   Dim projitems As ProjectItems

   ' Create a reference to the solution.
   soln = DTE.Solution

   ' Create a new solution.
   soln.Create("c:\temp2", "MyNewSolution")

   ' Create a new Visual Basic Console application project.
   ' Adjust the save path as needed.
   proj = soln.AddFromTemplate("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vb7\VBWizards\ConsoleApplication\Templates\1033\ConsoleApplication.vbproj", "c:\temp2", "My New Project", True)
   projitems = proj.ProjectItems

   ' Add a folder.
   projitems.AddFolder("A New Folder")
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

ProjectItems Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

Controlling Projects and Solutions

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