CodeModel.AddEnum Method

Creates a new enumeration code construct and inserts the code in the correct location.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function AddEnum ( _
    Name As String, _
    Location As Object, _
    Position As Object, _
    Bases As Object, _
    Access As vsCMAccess _
) As CodeEnum

CodeEnum AddEnum(
    string Name,
    Object Location,
    Object Position,
    Object Bases,
    vsCMAccess Access
)

CodeEnum^ AddEnum(
    String^ Name, 
    Object^ Location, 
    Object^ Position, 
    Object^ Bases, 
    vsCMAccess Access
)

abstract AddEnum : 
        Name:string * 
        Location:Object * 
        Position:Object * 
        Bases:Object * 
        Access:vsCMAccess -> CodeEnum 

function AddEnum(
    Name : String, 
    Location : Object, 
    Position : Object, 
    Bases : Object, 
    Access : vsCMAccess
) : CodeEnum

Parameters

• Name
  Type: System.String
  Required. The name of the enum to add.

• Location
  Type: System.Object
  Required. The path and file name for the new enum definition. Depending on the language, the file name is either relative or absolute to the project file. The file is added to the project if it is not already a project item. If the file cannot be created and added to the project, then AddEnum fails.

• Position
  Type: System.Object
  Optional. Default = 0. The code element after which to add the new element. If the value is a CodeElement, then the new element is added immediately after it.
  If the value is a Long data type, then AddEnum indicates the element after which to add the new element.
  Because collections begin their count at 1, passing 0 indicates that the new element should be placed at the beginning of the collection. A value of -1 means that the element should be placed at the end.

• Bases
  Type: System.Object
  Optional. Default = Nothing. A variant that holds a SafeArray of fully qualified type names or CodeType objects that specify the underlying type of the new enum.

• Access
  Type: EnvDTE.vsCMAccess
  Optional. A vsCMAccess constant.

Return Value

Type: EnvDTE.CodeEnum
A CodeEnum object.

Remarks

The language behind the code model determines the correctness of the arguments. All languages ignore the Bases parameter.

Note

The values of code model elements such as classes, structs, functions, attributes, delegates, and so forth can be non-deterministic after making certain kinds of edits, meaning that their values cannot be relied upon to always remain the same. For more information, see the section Code Model Element Values Can Change in Discovering Code by Using the Code Model (Visual Basic).

Examples

Sub AddEnumExample2(ByVal dte As DTE2)

    ' Before running this example, open a code document from a project.
    Try
        Dim projItem As ProjectItem = dte.ActiveDocument.ProjectItem
        Dim cm As CodeModel = projItem.ContainingProject.CodeModel

        ' Create a new enum.
        cm.AddEnum("TestEnum", projItem.Name)
    Catch ex As Exception
        MsgBox(ex.Message)
    End Try

End Sub

public void AddEnumExample2(DTE2 dte)
{
    // Before running this example, open a code document from 
    // a project.
    try
    {
        ProjectItem projItem = dte.ActiveDocument.ProjectItem;
        CodeModel cm = projItem.ContainingProject.CodeModel;

        // Create a new enum.
        cm.AddEnum("TestEnum", projItem.Name, -1, null, 
            vsCMAccess.vsCMAccessPublic);
    }
    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

CodeModel Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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

Discovering Code by Using the Code Model (Visual Basic)

Discovering Code by Using the Code Model (Visual C#)