Reference.ContainingProject Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: VSLangProj

Assembly:: VSLangProj.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

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Gets the project that the selected item is a part of. Read-only.

public:
 property EnvDTE::Project ^ ContainingProject { EnvDTE::Project ^ get(); };

public:
 property EnvDTE::Project ^ ContainingProject { EnvDTE::Project ^ get(); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(3)]
public EnvDTE.Project ContainingProject { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(3)] get; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(3)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(3)>]
member this.ContainingProject : EnvDTE.Project

Public ReadOnly Property ContainingProject As Project

Property Value

Project

Returns a Project object.

Attributes: DispIdAttribute

Examples

This example demonstrates using a private macro function to retrieve the name of the project of which the selected project item is a part. A test method is created to use the function.

' Macro Editor   
Imports VSLangProj  
Private Function GetProjectName(ByVal refs As References) _  
   As String  
   Return refs.ContainingProject.Name  
End Function  

Sub TestGetProjectName()  
   ' First project is a Visual Basic or C# project.  
   Dim theVSProject As VSProject = _  
      CType(DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object, VSProject)  
   Dim refs As References = theVSProject.References  
   MsgBox(GetProjectName(refs))  
End Sub

Remarks

Use this property to retrieve the Project object that includes the item.

Applies to