IVsSolution.GenerateUniqueProjectName(String, String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

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Generates a unique project name, given a root project name.

public:
 int GenerateUniqueProjectName(System::String ^ lpszRoot, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] System::String ^ % pbstrProjectName);

int GenerateUniqueProjectName(std::wstring const & lpszRoot, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] std::wstring const & & pbstrProjectName);

public int GenerateUniqueProjectName (string lpszRoot, out string pbstrProjectName);

abstract member GenerateUniqueProjectName : string * string -> int

Public Function GenerateUniqueProjectName (lpszRoot As String, ByRef pbstrProjectName As String) As Integer

Parameters

lpszRoot: String

[in] Root project name. Passing in null causes the environment to use an appropriate default value for the name, like Project.

pbstrProjectName: String

[out] Pointer to the project name based on the root project name specified in the lpszRoot parameter. This value is unique within the solution.

Returns

Int32

If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.

Remarks

COM Signature

From vsshell.idl:

HRESULT IVsSolution::GenerateUniqueProjectName(  
   [in] LPCOLESTR lpszRoot,  
   [out] BSTR *pbstrProjectName  
);

This method is typically called by wizards. When you call the CreateProject method to create a project, the environment handles creating a unique project name through the New Project dialog box.

Applies to