VCProject.AddConfiguration(String) Method
Definition
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Adds a configuration to the current project.
public:
void AddConfiguration(System::String ^ ConfigurationName);public:
void AddConfiguration(Platform::String ^ ConfigurationName);void AddConfiguration(std::wstring const & ConfigurationName);[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(805)]
public void AddConfiguration (string ConfigurationName);[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(805)>]
abstract member AddConfiguration : string -> unitPublic Sub AddConfiguration (ConfigurationName As String)Parameters
- ConfigurationName
- String
Required. The configuration name.
- Attributes
Examples
See How to: Compile Example Code for Project Model Extensibility for information about how to compile and run this example.
The following example uses the AddConfiguration method in the integrated development environment (IDE):
' add reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Imports EnvDTE
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Public Module Module1
Sub Test()
Dim prj As VCProject
Dim cfg As VCConfiguration
prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object
prj.AddConfiguration("addedConfig")
End Sub
End Module
Remarks
The Configurations property returns the configurations that are on the current project.
To have this configuration be useful, you must call the CopyTo method to copy basic settings from an existing configuration to the new configuration. Otherwise, you must set even the most rudimentary options yourself.