VCProject.AddFilter Method

Article
10/10/2013

Adds a folder to the current project or folder.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function AddFilter ( _
    bstrFilterName As String _
) As Object

Object AddFilter(
    string bstrFilterName
)

Object^ AddFilter(
    String^ bstrFilterName
)

abstract AddFilter : 
        bstrFilterName:string -> Object

function AddFilter(
    bstrFilterName : String
) : Object

Parameters

bstrFilterName
Type: System.String

Required. The name of the folder to add.

Return Value

Type: System.Object
A VCFilter object for the folder (filter) just added.

Remarks

AddFile adds a file to a folder.

Examples

See How to: Compile Example Code for Project Model Extensibility for information about how to compile and run this example.

The following example uses AddFilter on a VCProject object in the integrated development environment (IDE):

' add reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Imports EnvDTE
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine

Public Module Module1
    Sub Test()
        Dim prj As VCProject
        Dim folder As VCFilter
        prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object
        folder = prj.AddFilter("NewFolder")
        MsgBox(folder.Name.ToString())
    End Sub
End Module

.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.