Reference3.Path Property
Gets the path to the reference file.
Namespace: VSLangProj80
Assembly: VSLangProj80 (in VSLangProj80.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Path As String
string Path { get; }
property String^ Path {
String^ get ();
}
abstract Path : string with get
function get Path () : String
Property Value
Type: System.String
A string representing the path.
Remarks
Path returns the path and file name of the reference, if it can be resolved. If the path cannot be resolved, then a blank string is returned. For information on resolving references, see Add.
The path cannot be a UNC or URL.
Examples
This example displays the name and the path for the first reference in an open Visual Basic or Visual C# project. To run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.
Imports VSLangProj
Imports VSLangProj2
Imports VSLangProj80
Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, _
ByVal connectMode As ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, _
ByRef custom As Array) Implements IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection
applicationObject = CType(application, DTE2)
addInInstance = CType(addInInst, AddIn)
GetPath(applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub GetPath(ByVal dte As DTE2)
Dim aProject As Project
Dim aVSProject As VSProject2
' The first project is a Visual Basic or C# project.
aProject = applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1)
aVSProject = _
CType(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object, _
VSProject2)
Dim newRef As Reference3
newRef = CType(aVSProject.References.Item(1), Reference3)
MsgBox("The name of the first reference in the project is: "
& newRef.Name & vbCr & "its path is: " & newRef.Path)
End Sub
using System.Windows.Forms;
using VSLangProj;
using VSLangProj2;
using VSLangProj80;
public void OnConnection(object application, ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
GetPath(((DTE2)applicationObject));
}
public void GetPath(DTE2 dte)
{
// The first project is a Visual Basic or C# project.
VSProject2 aVSProject =
((VSProject2)(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object));
Reference3 aRef = null;
aRef = ((Reference3)(aVSProject.References.Item(1)));
MessageBox.Show("The first reference in the project is: "
+ aRef.Name +"\n" + "and its path is: " + aRef.Path);
}
.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.