VCReference.CopyLocal Property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether to automatically copy the reference to the target directory.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Property CopyLocal As Boolean
bool CopyLocal { get; set; }
property bool CopyLocal {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}
abstract CopyLocal : bool with get, set
function get CopyLocal () : boolean 
function set CopyLocal (value : boolean)

Property Value

Type: Boolean
true if Visual Studio should automatically copy the reference to the target directory; otherwise, false.

Examples

See How to: Compile Example Code for Project Model Extensibility for information about how to compile and run this example.

The following example lists the value of the CopyLocal property of the assembly reference:

' Add a reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine and have a 
' Visual C++ project loaded before running this example.
Imports EnvDTE
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine

Public Module Module1
    Sub Test()
        Dim prj As VCProject
        Dim vcar As VCAssemblyReference
        prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object
        vcar = prj.VCReferences.item(1)
        MsgBox("Copy local? " & vcar.CopyLocal.ToString)
    End Sub
End Module

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

VCReference Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Namespace