VCProjectEngineObjectClass.LoadProject Method

Loads a project.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Function LoadProject ( _
    projectName As String _
) As Object
public virtual Object LoadProject(
    string projectName
)
public:
virtual Object^ LoadProject(
    [InAttribute] String^ projectName
)
abstract LoadProject : 
        projectName:string -> Object 
override LoadProject : 
        projectName:string -> Object 
public function LoadProject(
    projectName : String
) : Object

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Object
A VCProject object.

Implements

VCProjectEngine.LoadProject(String)

Remarks

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

Dim Engine As VCProjectEngine
Engine = New VCProjectEngineObject()

Examples

' compile with /reference:Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll
Option Strict Off
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine

Module Module1
Sub Main()
Dim Engine As VCProjectEngine
Dim Proj As VCProject
Dim Configs, Tools As IVCCollection
Dim Config As VCConfiguration
Dim LinkerTool As VCLinkerTool

Engine = New VCProjectEngineObject()
Proj = Engine.LoadProject("xx.vcproj")

Configs = Proj.Configurations
Config = Configs.Item(1)
Tools = Config.Tools

LinkerTool = Tools.Item("VCLinkerTool")
System.Console.WriteLine("Current value of ToolName: {0}", LinkerTool.ToolName)
Engine.RemoveProject("xx.vcproj")
End Sub
End Module

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

VCProjectEngineObjectClass Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Namespace