VCProject.AddProjectReference Method

Adds a project reference to the project.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function AddProjectReference ( _
    proj As Object _
) As Object

Object AddProjectReference(
    Object proj
)

Object^ AddProjectReference(
    [InAttribute] Object^ proj
)

abstract AddProjectReference : 
        proj:Object -> Object

function AddProjectReference(
    proj : Object
) : Object

Parameters

• proj
  Type: System.Object

  The project reference to add.

Return Value

Type: System.Object
An object representing the project reference.

Remarks

You can reference only loaded projects.

Examples

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

AddProjectReference adds a second project as a reference to the first project, if possible.

' Add a reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine and have 
' two Visual C++ projects loaded before running this example.
Imports EnvDTE
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Public Module Module1
    Sub Test()
        Dim prj1, prj2 As VCProject
        prj1 = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object
        prj2 = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(2).Object
        ' Adds project 2 as a reference to project 1.
        If prj1.CanAddProjectReference(prj2) Then
            prj1.AddProjectReference(prj2)
        End If
    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.

See Also

Reference

VCProject Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Namespace