IVstaProjectHostItemCollection.AddProjectHostItem Method (String, String, String, String, String, Boolean)

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

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

Syntax

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

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

IVstaProjectHostItem AddProjectHostItem(
    string name,
    string baseType,
    string interfaceType,
    string cookie,
    string templatePath,
    bool generateCode
)

IVstaProjectHostItem^ AddProjectHostItem(
    String^ name, 
    String^ baseType, 
    String^ interfaceType, 
    String^ cookie, 
    String^ templatePath, 
    bool generateCode
)

function AddProjectHostItem(
    name : String, 
    baseType : String, 
    interfaceType : String, 
    cookie : String, 
    templatePath : String, 
    generateCode : boolean
) : 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 type.

• cookie
  Type: System.String

  The 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.

• generateCode
  Type: System.Boolean

  true to auto-generate code in the designer code file for the new host item; false to not generate any code.

Return Value

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

Remarks

Pass false for the generateCode parameter if you want to provide custom code. Calling this method with false for the generateCode parameter adds an empty designer code file and empty XML blueprint file to the project.

.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

IVstaProjectHostItemCollection Interface

IVstaProjectHostItemCollection Members

AddProjectHostItem Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.DesignTime.Interop Namespace