SolutionBuild2.BuildState Property

Gets whether a build has ever been started in the current environment session, whether a build is currently in progress, or whether a build has been completed.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property BuildState As vsBuildState
vsBuildState BuildState { get; }
property vsBuildState BuildState {
    vsBuildState get ();
}
abstract BuildState : vsBuildState
function get BuildState () : vsBuildState

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.vsBuildState
A vsBuildState value representing the status of the build operation.

Implements

SolutionBuild.BuildState

Remarks

BuildState has vsBuildStateNotStarted so that you can detect a race condition, a process that starts the environment to do a build and then checks its build state before the build has actually begun. Checking to see if vsBuildState equals vsBuildStateNotStarted allows you to avoid this situation. It also allows you to determine whether the value of the LastBuildInfo property is valid.

Examples

This example determines the build state for each active startup configuration. Open a project in the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) before running this add-in.

For more information about how to run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
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)
    SolutionBuild2Example(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub SolutionBuild2Example(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    ' Open a solution in the Visual Studio IDE
    ' before running this example.
    Try
        Dim sb As SolutionBuild2
        sb = CType(_applicationObject.Solution.SolutionBuild _
        , SolutionBuild2)
        Dim sc As SolutionConfiguration2
        sc = CType(sb.ActiveConfiguration, SolutionConfiguration2)
        Dim vsBldSt As vsBuildState
        Dim msg As String = "Return relative path to startup  _
        projects: "
        For Each s As String In CType(sb.StartupProjects, Array)
            msg &= vbCr & " " & s
        Next
        msg &= vbCr & "SolutionConfiguration: " & sc.Name
        vsBldSt = sb.BuildState
        If (vsBldSt = vsBuildState.vsBuildStateDone) Then
            msg &= vbCr & "A build has occurred."
        ElseIf (vsBldSt = vsBuildState.vsBuildStateInProgress) Then
            msg &= vbCr & "A build is in progress."
        Else : msg &= vbCr & "A build has not occurred."
        End If
        MsgBox(msg)
    Catch ex As System.Exception
        MsgBox(ex.ToString)
    End Try
End Sub
using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application, 
ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
    _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    SolutionBuild2Example(_applicationObject);
}
public void SolutionBuild2Example(DTE2 dte)
{
    try
    {
        SolutionBuild2 sb =
 (SolutionBuild2)_applicationObject.Solution.SolutionBuild;
        SolutionConfiguration2 sc =
 (SolutionConfiguration2)sb.ActiveConfiguration;
        vsBuildState vsBS;
        string msg = "Return relative path to startup projects: ";
        foreach (String s in (Array)sb.StartupProjects)
        {
            msg += "\n   " + s;
        }
        msg += "\nSolutionConfiguration: " + sc.Name;
        vsBS = sb.BuildState;
        if (vsBS == vsBuildState.vsBuildStateDone)
            msg += "\nA build has occurred.";
        else if (vsBS == vsBuildState.vsBuildStateInProgress)
            msg += "\nA build is in progress.";
        else msg += "\nA build has not occurred.";
        MessageBox.Show(msg);
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

SolutionBuild2 Interface

EnvDTE80 Namespace