VCFilter.CanAddFile(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll

Package:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine v17.11.40252

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Returns true if the specified file can be added to the current filter.

public:
 bool CanAddFile(System::String ^ bstrFile);

public:
 bool CanAddFile(Platform::String ^ bstrFile);

bool CanAddFile(std::wstring const & bstrFile);

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2349)]
public bool CanAddFile (string bstrFile);

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2349)>]
abstract member CanAddFile : string -> bool

Public Function CanAddFile (bstrFile As String) As Boolean

Parameters

bstrFile: String

Required. The new file to be added. The full path must be unique in the project and valid. If you pass a relative path here, it is assumed to be relative to the project directory.

Returns

Boolean

true if the file can be added; otherwise, false.

Attributes: DispIdAttribute

Examples

The following example uses CanAddFile in the integrated development environment (IDE):

' Macro code.  
' add reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine  
Imports EnvDTE  
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine  

Public Module Module1  
    Sub Test()  
        Dim mycollection As IVCCollection  
        Dim filter As VCFilter  
        Dim prj As VCProject  
        Dim ret As Boolean  
        prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object  
        mycollection = prj.Filters  
        'mycollection.Count has count of files  
        filter = mycollection.Item(1)  
        ret = filter.CanAddFile("somefile.cpp")  
        MsgBox(ret)  
    End Sub  
End Module

Remarks

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

Applies to

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