VCActiveXReference.ControlGUID Property

Gets the GUID for the selected ActiveX reference.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property ControlGUID As String
string ControlGUID { get; }
property String^ ControlGUID {
    String^ get ();
}
abstract ControlGUID : string with get
function get ControlGUID () : String

Property Value

Type: String
The GUID value for the selected ActiveX reference.

Remarks

See How to: Compile Example Code for Visual C++ Code Model Extensibility for information about how to compile and run this sample.

Examples

Loops through each project in your solution and lists the GUID of each ActiveX (COM) control.

' Add a reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine and have a 
' Visual C++ project loaded before running this example. Also, you 
' should have at least one ActiveX (COM) reference in a project.
Imports EnvDTE
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine

Public Module Module1
    Sub Test()
        Dim proj As Project
        Dim vcproj As VCProject
        Dim ref As VCReference
        Dim axref As VCActiveXReference
     
        On Error Resume Next

        ' Loop each project in the solution.
        For Each proj In DTE.Solution.Projects
            vcproj = Nothing
            vcproj = CType(proj.Object, VCProject)
            ' If this project is a Visual C++ project
            If Not vcproj Is Nothing Then
                ' Loop the references for this Visual C++ project
                For Each ref In vcproj.VCReferences
                    axref = Nothing
                    axref = CType(ref, VCActiveXReference)
                    ' If this reference is an ActiveX reference
                    If Not axref Is Nothing Then
                        MsgBox("Control GUID: " & axref.ControlGUID)
                    End If
                Next
            End If
        Next
    End Sub
End Module

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

VCActiveXReference Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Namespace