Project Interface

Represents a project in the integrated development environment (IDE).

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("866311E6-C887-4143-9833-645F5B93F6F1")> _
Public Interface Project

[GuidAttribute("866311E6-C887-4143-9833-645F5B93F6F1")]
public interface Project

[GuidAttribute(L"866311E6-C887-4143-9833-645F5B93F6F1")]
public interface class Project

[<GuidAttribute("866311E6-C887-4143-9833-645F5B93F6F1")>]
type Project =  interface end

public interface Project

The Project type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	CodeModel	Gets the CodeModel object for the project.
	Collection	Gets the Projects collection containing the Project object supporting this property.
	ConfigurationManager	Gets the ConfigurationManager object for this Project .
	DTE	Gets the top-level extensibility object.
	Extender	Gets the requested Extender object if it is available for this object.
	ExtenderCATID	Gets the Extender category ID (CATID) for the object.
	ExtenderNames	Gets a list of available Extenders for the object.
	FileName	Infrastructure. Microsoft Internal Use Only.
	FullName	Gets the full path and name of the Project object's file.
	Globals	Gets the Globals object containing add-in values that may be saved in the solution (.sln) file, the project file, or in the user's profile data.
	IsDirty	Infrastructure. Microsoft Internal Use Only.
	Kind	Gets a GUID string indicating the kind or type of the object.
	Name	Gets or sets the name of the object.
	Object	Gets an interface or object that can be accessed by name at run time.
	ParentProjectItem	Gets a ProjectItem object for the nested project in the host project.
	ProjectItems	Gets a ProjectItems collection for the Project object.
	Properties	Gets a collection of all properties that pertain to the Project object.
	Saved	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the object has not been modified since last being saved or opened.
	UniqueName	Gets a unique string value that allows you to differentiate between similarly named projects.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Delete	Removes the project from the current solution.Note that this method is not currently implemented.
	Save	Saves the project or project item.
	SaveAs	Saves the solution, project, or project item.

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Remarks

Every project in the solution has a project automation interface. In rare cases, this is a generic, unmodeled project implementation that returns the project's name.

Every tool in the environment that has a project has a Project object.

Reference this object by using DTE.Solution.Item or by using a specific language's objects, such as DTE.VBProjects.Item, or DTE.VCProjects.Item.

Note

Project-specific objects such as DTE.VBProjects.Item and DTE.VCProjects.Item are located in other assemblies. Visual Basic and Visual C# project objects are located in VSLangProj, and Visual C++ project objects are located in Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine. See Extending Visual Basic and Visual C# Projects and Visual C++ Project Model for more information about programming against project-specific objects.

Examples

Sub ProjectExample()
' This function creates a solution and adds a Visual Basic Console
' project to it. 
   Dim soln As Solution2
   Dim proj As Project
   Dim msg As String
' 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.
   Dim fileN As String
   fileN = soln.GetProjectTemplate("ConsoleApplication.zip", "VisualBasic")
   proj = soln.AddFromTemplate(fileN, "c:\temp2", "My New Project", True)
   
' Save the new solution
   soln.SaveAs("c:\temp2\newsolution.sln")
   msg = "Created new solution: " & soln.FullName
   MsgBox(msg)
End Sub

See Also

Reference

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

Controlling Projects and Solutions