ProjectHostItemCollection.AddProjectHostItem Method (String, String, String, String, String)

Adds a new host item to the project based on the specified host item information, and generates code for the new host item.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.DesignTime
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.DesignTime.v9.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.DesignTime.v9.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function AddProjectHostItem ( _
    name As String, _
    baseType As String, _
    interfaceType As String, _
    cookie As String, _
    templatePath As String _
) As IVstaProjectHostItem
'Usage
Dim instance As ProjectHostItemCollection 
Dim name As String 
Dim baseType As String 
Dim interfaceType As String 
Dim cookie As String 
Dim templatePath As String 
Dim returnValue As IVstaProjectHostItem 

returnValue = instance.AddProjectHostItem(name, _
    baseType, interfaceType, cookie, _
    templatePath)

public IVstaProjectHostItem AddProjectHostItem(
    string name,
    string baseType,
    string interfaceType,
    string cookie,
    string templatePath
)

public:
IVstaProjectHostItem^ AddProjectHostItem(
    String^ name, 
    String^ baseType, 
    String^ interfaceType, 
    String^ cookie, 
    String^ templatePath
)

public function AddProjectHostItem(
    name : String, 
    baseType : String, 
    interfaceType : String, 
    cookie : String, 
    templatePath : String
) : IVstaProjectHostItem

Parameters

• name
  Type: System.String

  The identifier of the host item to add.

• baseType
  Type: System.String

  The fully qualified name of the base proxy class of the host item.

• interfaceType
  Type: System.String

  The fully qualified name of the Visual Studio Tools for Applications base runtime interface.

• cookie
  Type: System.String

  A name that identifies a unique instance of a project host item.

• templatePath
  Type: System.String

  The full path of the host item template file excluding the file name extension.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.DesignTime.Interop.IVstaProjectHostItem
The new host item object that was added to the project.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The name, baseType, interfaceType, or templatePath parameters are null or empty strings, or the cookie parameter is null.
ArgumentException	The host item name represented by the name parameter already exists or is invalid, or the baseType or interfaceType is not a valid fully qualified name.

.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

ProjectHostItemCollection Class

ProjectHostItemCollection Members

AddProjectHostItem Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.DesignTime Namespace