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Reference3.Identity Property

Gets the unique identifier of the reference.

Namespace:  VSLangProj80
Assembly:  VSLangProj80 (in VSLangProj80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Identity As String
string Identity { get; }
property String^ Identity {
    String^ get ();
}
abstract Identity : string
function get Identity () : String

Property Value

Type: System.String
The returned string depends on the reference type.

Reference Type

Value Returned

Assembly

Assembly name (assembly name without path or extension)

COM

The format is:

"GUID\major.minor\localeid\wrappertool"

For example,

"{00000205-0000-0010-8000-00AA006D2EA4}\2.5\409\tlbimp"

is returned for ActiveX Data Objects 2.5.

Native

Assembly identity of the assembly being referenced.

Implements

Reference2.Identity

Remarks

All components have a unique identifier. The Identity property gets that information. This property is unique for each reference, as an exception is raised if you attempt to add a reference with the same identity as a reference that is already in the collection. This property is suitable for indexing the Reference3 collection by using the Item method.

Examples

This example adds an Assembly and a COM reference to an open Visual Basic or Visual C# project and displays the Identity property for each. To run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

The default paths for the reference added are: <installation root>\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies for adodb.dll, and <installation root>\Program Files\Common Files\SpeechEngines\Microsoft for spcommon.dll. Replace <file path> in the example with these or other appropriate file paths.

Imports VSLangProj
Imports VSLangProj2
Imports VSLangProj80
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)
    ShowIdentity (applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub ShowIdentity(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    Dim aProject As Project
    Dim aVSProject As VSProject2
    aProject = applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1)
    aVSProject = _
CType(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object, VSProject2)
    ' Add an Assembly reference and display its identity.
    Dim newRef As Reference3
    ' Replace the <file path> with an actual file path.
    newRef = aVSProject.References.Add("<file path>\adodb.dll")
    MsgBox("Added an Assembly reference, named: " & newRef.Name)
    MsgBox("The Identity of " & newRef.Name & " is " & newRef.Identity)
    ' Add a COM reference and display its identity.
    ' Replace the <file path> with an actual file path.
    newRef = aVSProject.References.Add("<file path>\spcommon.dll")
    MsgBox("Added a COM reference, named: " & newRef.Name)
    MsgBox("The Identity of " & newRef.Name & " is " & newRef.Identity)
End Sub
using System.Windows.Forms;
using VSLangProj;
using VSLangProj2;
using VSLangProj80;
public void OnConnection(object application,
 ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
    applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    ShowIdentity(((DTE2)applicationObject));
}
public void ShowIdentity(DTE2 dte)
{
    // The first project is a Visual Basic or C# project.
    VSProject2 vsProject = 
((VSProject2)(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object));
    Reference3 aRef = null;
    // Add an Assembly reference and display its identity.
    // Replace <file path> with an actual file path.
    aRef = (Reference3)vsProject.References.Add
(@"<file path>\adodb.dll");
    MessageBox.Show("Added an Assembly reference, named: " 
+ aRef.Name);
    MessageBox.Show("The Identity of " + aRef.Name + " is " 
+ aRef.Identity);
    // Add a COM reference and display its identity.
    // Replace <file path> with an actual file path.
    aRef = (Reference3)vsProject.References.Add
(@"<file path>\spcommon.dll");
    MessageBox.Show("Added a COM reference, named: " 
+ aRef.Name);
    MessageBox.Show("The Identity of " + aRef.Name + " is " 
+ aRef.Identity);
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Reference3 Interface

VSLangProj80 Namespace