Solution2.Create Method

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Creates an empty solution in the specified directory with the specified name.

Namespace:  EnvDTE80
Assembly:  EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub Create ( _
    Destination As String, _
    Name As String _
)

void Create(
    string Destination,
    string Name
)

void Create(
    String^ Destination, 
    String^ Name
)

abstract Create : 
        Destination:string * 
        Name:string -> unit 

function Create(
    Destination : String, 
    Name : String
)

Parameters

  • Destination
    Type: System.String
    Required. The directory in which to create the .sln and .suo (solution) files.
  • Name
    Type: System.String
    Required. The name to display in Solution Explorer. This is also the base name of the .sln and .suo files.

Implements

_Solution.Create(String, String)

Examples

For information on how to run this add-in code, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

The following example shows how to create a solution.

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)
    CreateExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub

Sub CreateExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    ' This add-in creates a  solution.
    Try
        Dim soln As Solution2 =  _
        CType(_applicationObject.Solution, Solution2)
        MsgBox("Creating a new solution ")
        ' Make sure that the file path below exists on your computer.
        ' You can modify the path.
        soln.Create("c:\temp2", "ANewSoln.sln")
    Catch ex As System.Exception
        MsgBox(ex.ToString)
    End Try
End Sub

using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application,
 Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst,
 ref System.Array custom)
{
    _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    // Pass the applicationObject member variable to the code example.
    CreateExample((DTE2)_applicationObject);
}
public void CreateExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // This add-in creates a solution.
    try
    {
        Solution2 soln = (Solution2)_applicationObject.Solution;
        MessageBox.Show("Creating a  solution ");
        // Make sure that the file path below exists on your computer.
        // You can modify the path.
        soln.Create("c:\temp2", "ANewSoln2.sln");
    }
    catch(SystemException ex)
    {
    MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + ex);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Solution2 Interface

EnvDTE80 Namespace