Solution Interface
Visual Studio 2012
Represents all projects and solution-wide properties in the integrated development environment (IDE). Use this object for functionality and refer to _Solution for documentation.
Namespace: EnvDTE
Assembly: EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)
The Solution type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AddIns | Gets an AddIns collection, which contains all currently available add-ins associated with the solution. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| Count | Gets a value indicating the number of objects in the collection. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| DTE | Gets the top-level extensibility object. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| Extender | Gets the requested Extender object if it is available for this object. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| ExtenderCATID | Gets the Extender category ID (CATID) for the object. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| ExtenderNames | Gets a list of available Extenders for the object. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| FileName | Infrastructure. Microsoft Internal Use Only. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| FullName | Gets the full path and name of the object's file. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| Globals | Gets the Globals that contains add-in values that may be saved in the solution (.sln) file, the project file, or in the user's profile data. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| IsDirty | Infrastructure. Microsoft Internal Use Only. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| IsOpen | Determines if a solution is open. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| Parent | Gets the immediate parent object of a _Solution. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| Projects | Gets a collection of the projects currently in the solution. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| Properties | Gets a collection of all properties that pertain to the _Solution. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| Saved | Returns true if the object has not been modified since last being saved or opened. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| SolutionBuild | Gets the SolutionBuild object for the solution, which represents the root of the build automation model at the solution level. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| TemplatePath | Gets the full path and name of the directory that contains templates for the specified type of project. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| AddFromFile | Adds a project to the solution, based on a project file already stored in the system. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| AddFromTemplate | Copies an existing project file, and any items or subdirectories it contains, to the specified location and adds it to the solution. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| Close | Closes the current solution. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| Create | Creates an empty solution in the specified directory with the specified name. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| FindProjectItem | Locates an item in a project. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| GetEnumerator | Returns an enumeration for items in a collection. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| Item | Returns a Project object in a Projects collection. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| Open | Opens the solution in the specified view. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| ProjectItemsTemplatePath | Returns the location of project item templates for the specified project type. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| Remove | Removes the specified project from the solution. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
| SaveAs | Saves the solution. (Inherited from _Solution.) |
The Solution object is a collection of all the projects in the current instance of the IDE and all solution-wide properties such as build configurations. The Solution object contains a project element for every project, whether it is a wrapped project, a subproject, or a top-level project.
Reference this object by using DTE.Solution. To refer to virtual projects, such as MiscFiles or SolutionItems, use Solution.Item(EnvDTE.Constants.vsProjectKindMisc) or Solution.Item(EnvDTE.Constants.vsProjectKindSolutionItems).
This example works only in Visual Studio .NET 2003. For more information, see Migrating Code that Creates Projects by Using Templates.
Sub SolutionExample() ' This function creates a solution and adds a Visual Basic Console ' project to it. Dim soln As Solution Dim proj As Project Dim msg As String ' Create a reference to the solution. soln = DTE.Solution ' Create a new solution. soln.Create("c:\temp2", "MyNewSolution") ' Create a new Visual Basic Console application project. ' Adjust the save path as needed. proj = soln.AddFromTemplate("D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vb7\VBWizards\ConsoleApplication\Templates\1033\ConsoleApplication.vbproj", "c:\temp2", "My New Project", True) ' Save the new solution and project. soln.SaveAs("c:\temp2\newsolution.sln") msg = "Created new solution: " & soln.FullName & vbCrLf msg = msg & "Created new project: " & proj.Name MsgBox(msg) End Sub
