Reference3.SourceProject Property

Definition

Namespace:

VSLangProj80

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.9.37000

Gets a Project object if the reference is a project. Otherwise, it returns Nothing (a null object).

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

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

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(16)]
public EnvDTE.Project SourceProject { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(16)] get; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(16)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(16)>]
member this.SourceProject : EnvDTE.Project

Public ReadOnly Property SourceProject As Project

Property Value

Project

Returns a Project object.

Implements

SourceProject

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

Examples

This example iterates through all the references and displays the name of the SourceProject, if there is one. To run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples. Open a Visual Basic or Visual C# project before running this example.

Imports VSLangProj  
Imports VSLangProj2  
Imports VSLangProj80  
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)  
    DisplaySourceProjectName(applicationObject)  
End Sub  
Public Sub DisplaySourceProjectName(ByVal dte As DTE2)  
    ' The first project is a Visual Basic or C# project.  
    Dim vsProject As VSProject2 =_  
    CType(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object, _  
    VSProject2)  
    Dim aRef As Reference3  
    Dim refStr As String  
    refStr = ""  
    Dim project As EnvDTE.Project  
    For Each aRef In vsProject.References  
        project = aRef.SourceProject  
        If project Is Nothing Then  
            refStr += (aRef.Name & " has no source project." & vbCr _  
            & vbCr)  
        Else  
            refStr += (aRef.Name & " has a source project named " _  
            & project.Name & vbCr & vbCr)  
        End If  
    Next  
    MsgBox(refStr)  
End Sub  

using System.Windows.Forms;  
using VSLangProj;  
using VSLangProj2;  
using VSLangProj80;  
public void OnConnection(object application,  
 ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)  
{  
    applicationObject = (DTE2)application;  
    addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;  
    DisplaySourceProjectName(((DTE2)applicationObject));  
}  
public void DisplaySourceProjectName(DTE2 dte)  
{  
    // The first project is a Visual Basic or C# project.  
    VSProject2 aProject =   
((VSProject2)(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object));  
    Reference3 aRef = null;  
    string refStr = null;  
    refStr = "";  
    EnvDTE.Project project = null;  
    foreach (VSLangProj80.Reference3 temp in aProject.References)  
    {  
        aRef = temp;   
        project = aRef.SourceProject;  
        if (project == null)  
        {  
            refStr += (aRef.Name + " has no source project." + "\n"   
+ "\n");  
        }  
        else  
        {  
            refStr += (aRef.Name + " has a source project named "   
+ project.Name + "\n" + "\n");  
        }  
    }  
    MessageBox.Show(refStr);  
}  

Remarks

For one project to use objects built by a second project, the first project must contain a reference to the second project. In such a case, the SourceProject property can return a Project object for the second project.