ProjectItems::AddFolder Method (String^, String^)

 

Creates a new folder in Solution Explorer.

Namespace:   EnvDTE
Assembly:  EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)

ProjectItem^ AddFolder(
	String^ Name,
	String^ Kind = "{6BB5F8EF-4483-11D3-8BCF-00C04F8EC28C}"
)

Parameters

Name
Type: System::String^

Required. The name of the folder node in Solution Explorer.

Kind
Type: System::String^

Optional. The type of folder to add.

Return Value

Type: EnvDTE::ProjectItem^

A ProjectItem object.

AddFolder adds a folder to the project and the ProjectItems collection and returns the newly created ProjectItem object. Its ProjectItems collection is empty. Some types of projects do not support adding certain kinds of folders (for example, vsProjectItemKindVirtualFolder).

This example works only in Visual Studio .NET 2003. For more information, see .a0b479e4-3c83-4407-986c-1d7353d6a406

Sub AddFolderExample()
   ' This function creates a solution and adds a Visual Basic Console
   ' project to it. 
   Dim soln As Solution
   Dim proj As Project
   Dim projitems As ProjectItems

   ' 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("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vb7\VBWizards\ConsoleApplication\Templates\1033\ConsoleApplication.vbproj", "c:\temp2", "My New Project", True)
   projitems = proj.ProjectItems

   ' Add a folder.
   projitems.AddFolder("A New Folder")
End Sub
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