IVsExternalFilesManager::GetExternalFilesProject Method (IVsProject^)

Visual Studio 2015

Instantiates the Miscellaneous Files (External Files) project and returns a pointer to it.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.dll)

Syntax

C++

int GetExternalFilesProject(
	[OutAttribute] IVsProject^% ppProject
)

Parameters

ppProject: Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop::IVsProject^
[out] Pointer to the Miscellaneous Files (External Files) project.

Return Value

Type: System::Int32

If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.

Remarks

COM Signature

From vsshell.idl:

C++

HRESULT IVsExternalFilesManager::GetExternalFilesProject(
   [out] IVsProject **ppProject
);

GetExternalFilesProject returns a pointer to the Miscellaneous Files project when a document is to be saved outside of its own project system, for example, a World Wide Web project.