Project.SaveAs Method

Saves the solution, project, or project item.

Namespace:  EnvDTE
Assembly:  EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub SaveAs ( _
    NewFileName As String _
)

'Usage
Dim instance As Project 
Dim NewFileName As String

instance.SaveAs(NewFileName)

void SaveAs(
    string NewFileName
)

void SaveAs(
    [InAttribute] String^ NewFileName
)

function SaveAs(
    NewFileName : String
)

Parameters

• NewFileName
  Type: System.String

  Required. The file name with which to save the solution, project, or project item. If the file exists, it is overwritten.

Remarks

SaveAs saves the project item with the specified file name.

Examples

Public Sub CodeExample(ByVal dte As DTE2) 
    Try
        ' Open a project before running this sample.
        Dim prj As Project = dte.Solution.Projects.Item(1)
        Dim prjs As Projects
        
        Dim del As DialogResult
        del = MessageBox.Show("Delete project from solution?", "Delete Method", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Warning)
        If del = DialogResult.Yes Then
            prj.Delete()
        End If
        del = MessageBox.Show("Save project as another filename?", "SaveAs Method", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo)
        If del = DialogResult.Yes Then
            prj.SaveAs(Interaction.InputBox("Save this project with new name: ", "SaveAs Method", "MyProjectWithNewName", 300, 300))
        End If
    Catch ex As Exception
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
    End Try
End Sub

[C#]

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte)
{  
    try
    {   // Open a project before running this sample.
        Project prj = dte.Solution.Projects.Item(1);
        Projects prjs;

        DialogResult del;
        del = MessageBox.Show("Delete project from solution?", "Delete Method", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
        if (del == DialogResult.Yes)
            prj.Delete();
        del = MessageBox.Show("Save project as another filename?", "SaveAs Method", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo);
        if (del == DialogResult.Yes)
        {
            prj.SaveAs(Interaction.InputBox("Save this project with new name: ", "SaveAs Method",
                "MyProjectWithNewName", 300, 300));
        }
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Project Interface

Project Members

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples