Unmodeled Projects Overview

Most project types in Visual Studio implement the Visual Studio automation model. Some projects, however, do not. When such a project is encountered while you are programming in the Visual Studio automation model, it is referred to as an unmodeled project.

Unmodeled Projects

Unmodeled projects are treated the same as modeled projects except that many of the project-related properties and methods do not work with them. Because the automation model cannot communicate with the project, certain details cannot be discovered or altered. You can only obtain basic information about such projects.

Following is a list of valid members (that apply to various objects and collections) for unmodeled projects:

Valid Unmodeled Project Members

DTE property

Name property

Kind property

FileName property

UniqueName property

If other properties or methods are used with an unmodeled project, either E_NOTIMPL or Nothing is returned.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Add and Handle Commands

How to: Create an Add-In

Walkthrough: Creating a Wizard

Concepts

Introduction to Solutions, Projects, and Items

Automation Object Model Chart

Other Resources

Creating and Controlling Environment Windows

Creating Add-ins and Wizards

Automation and Extensibility Reference