VCProjectEngineObjectClass.CreateToolFile(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll

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Creates a tool file for custom build rules.

public:
 virtual Microsoft::VisualStudio::VCProjectEngine::VCToolFile ^ CreateToolFile(System::String ^ Name) = Microsoft::VisualStudio::VCProjectEngine::VCProjectEngine::CreateToolFile;

public:
 virtual Microsoft::VisualStudio::VCProjectEngine::VCToolFile ^ CreateToolFile(Platform::String ^ Name) = Microsoft::VisualStudio::VCProjectEngine::VCProjectEngine::CreateToolFile;

 virtual Microsoft::VisualStudio::VCProjectEngine::VCToolFile CreateToolFile(std::wstring const & Name);

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(234)]
public virtual Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.VCToolFile CreateToolFile (string Name);

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(234)>]
abstract member CreateToolFile : string -> Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.VCToolFile
override this.CreateToolFile : string -> Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.VCToolFile

Public Overridable Function CreateToolFile (Name As String) As VCToolFile

Parameters

Name: String

File name. Can be a short name or a full or partial path.

Returns

VCToolFile

Returns a VCToolFile objcet.

Implements

CreateToolFile(String)

Attributes: DispIdAttribute

Remarks

Tool files contain custom build rules.

Do not instantiate VCProjectEngineObjectClass. Instantiate VCProjectEngineObject instead, as shown below:

Dim Engine As VCProjectEngine  
Engine = New VCProjectEngineObject()

Applies to