Reference2 Interface

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Extends the Reference interface of the VSLangProj namespace.

Namespace:  VSLangProj2
Assembly:  VSLangProj2 (in VSLangProj2.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("4FFF24C5-5644-4A47-A48A-B74C3F1F8FC8")> _
Public Interface Reference2 _
    Inherits Reference

[GuidAttribute("4FFF24C5-5644-4A47-A48A-B74C3F1F8FC8")]
public interface Reference2 : Reference

[GuidAttribute(L"4FFF24C5-5644-4A47-A48A-B74C3F1F8FC8")]
public interface class Reference2 : Reference

[<GuidAttribute("4FFF24C5-5644-4A47-A48A-B74C3F1F8FC8")>]
type Reference2 =  
    interface 
        interface Reference 
    end

public interface Reference2 extends Reference

The Reference2 type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property BuildNumber Gets the build number of the reference. Read-only.
Public property Collection Gets a collection of References.
Public property ContainingProject Gets the Project containing the reference.
Public property CopyLocal Determines whether the reference is copied to the local bin path.
Public property Culture Gets the culture string of a reference. Read-only.
Public property Description Gets a text description of the reference. Read-only.
Public property DTE Gets the top-level extensibility object.
Public property Extender Returns the requested Extender object if it is available for this object.
Public property ExtenderCATID Gets the Extender category ID (CATID) for the object.
Public property ExtenderNames Gets a list of available Extenders for the object.
Public property Identity Gets the unique identifier of the reference. Read-only.
Public property MajorVersion Gets the major version number of the reference. Read-only.
Public property MinorVersion Gets the minor version number of the reference. Read-only.
Public property Name Gets the name of the object. Read-only.
Public property Path Gets the path to the reference file. Read-only.
Public property PublicKeyToken Gets the public key token for the referenced assembly.
Public property RevisionNumber Gets the revision number of the reference. Read-only.
Public property RuntimeVersion Gets and sets the version of the runtime the reference was built against. Read-only.
Public property SourceProject Gets a Project object if the reference is a project. Otherwise, it returns Nothing (a nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) reference). Read-only.
Public property StrongName Gets whether the reference is signed with a public/private key pair. Read-only.
Public property Type Gets a prjReferenceType value indicating whether the reference is an assembly or a COM component. Read-only.
Public property Version Gets the version of the selected reference.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Remove Removes the reference from the References object that contains it.

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Remarks

Reference objects returned by the References collection of the VSProject object support both the Reference interface and the Reference2 interface. Cast the object to Reference2 to access the Reference2 members.

Reference2 defines all the Reference members found in the VSLangProj namespace, plus:

Examples

The following example creates a new project from a template, adds two references, and displays their types.

'Macro Editor
Imports VSLangProj
Sub NewProject()
   Dim newName As String = InputBox("New project name:")
   ' Create a new project in the solution based on an existing
   ' project.
   Dim newProject As Project = DTE.Solution.AddFromTemplate( _
      "C:\TemplatePath\Template.vbproj", _
      "C:\ProjectPath\" & newName, newName)
        
   ' Add a COM reference and display its type.
   Dim vsProject As VSProject = CType(newProject.Object, VSProject)
   Dim newRef As Reference
   newRef = vsProject.References.Add("C:\WINNT\System32\msmask32.ocx")
   MsgBox(GetRefTypeName(newRef))
        
   ' Add an Assembly reference and display its type, "Assembly".
   newRef = vsProject.References.Add("C:\SomeProject\bin\SomeProject.dll")
   MsgBox(GetRefTypeName(newRef))
End Sub

Private Function GetRefTypeName(ByVal ref As Reference) _
   As String
   Dim type As String
   Select Case ref.Type
      Case prjReferenceType.prjReferenceTypeActiveX
         type = "COM"
      Case prjReferenceType.prjReferenceTypeAssembly
         type = "Assembly"
   End Select
   Return type
End Function

The following example creates a short report of a reference's properties.

' Macro Editor
' Create a small report about a reference.
Imports VSLangProj
Function ReportReferences(ByVal aRef As Reference) As String
   Dim report As String = ""
   Dim type As String
   ' Each entry in the ArrayList will contain a label and a value.
   Dim ht As System.Collections.ArrayList = _
      New System.Collections.ArrayList()
   With aRef
      ht.Add(New String() {"Name", .Name})
      ht.Add(New String() {"Description", .Description})
      ht.Add(New String() {"Version", String.Format("{0}.{1}.{2}.{3}", _
         .MajorVersion, .MinorVersion, .BuildNumber, .RevisionNumber)})
      ht.Add(New String() {"Location", .ContainingProject.FullName})
      Select Case .Type
         Case prjReferenceType.prjReferenceTypeActiveX
            type = "COM"
         Case prjReferenceType.prjReferenceTypeAssembly
            type = "Assembly"
      End Select
      ht.Add(New String() {"Type", type})
      ht.Add(New String() {"Culture", .Culture})
   End With
        
   Dim datas() As String
   For Each datas In ht
      report &= datas(0) & ControlChars.Tab & datas(1) & ControlChars.CrLf
   Next
   Return report
End Function

See Also

Reference

VSLangProj2 Namespace