Reference3.ContainingProject Property

Gets the Project containing the reference.

Namespace:  VSLangProj80
Assembly:  VSLangProj80 (in VSLangProj80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property ContainingProject As Project

Project ContainingProject { get; }

property Project^ ContainingProject {
    Project^ get ();
}

abstract ContainingProject : Project with get

function get ContainingProject () : Project

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.Project
A Project object that contains the reference.

Remarks

Use this property to retrieve the Project object that includes the reference.

Examples

This example displays the containing project for all references and also for each reference separately 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)
    TestGetProjectName(applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub TestGetProjectName(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    ' First project is a Visual Basic or C# project.
    Dim theVSProject As VSProject2 = _
    CType(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1)._
    Object, VSProject2)
    Dim refs As References = theVSProject.References
    MsgBox("The containing project for all references is : " _
    & GetProjectName(refs))
    Dim aRef As Reference3
    Dim refStr As String
    refStr = ""
    For Each aRef In theVSProject.References
        refStr &= (aRef.Name & "'s containing project is: " _
        & aRef.ContainingProject.Name & vbCr)
    Next
    MsgBox("The containing project for each reference in the project:" _
    & vbCr & vbCr & refStr & vbCr)
End Sub
Private Function GetProjectName(ByVal refs As References) _
    As String
    Return refs.ContainingProject.Name
End Function

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;
    TestGetProjectName(((DTE2)applicationObject));
}
public void TestGetProjectName(DTE2 dte)
{
    // First project is a Visual Basic or C# project.
    VSProject2 theVSProject = 
((VSProject2)(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object));
    References refs = theVSProject.References;
    MessageBox.Show("The containing project for all references is : " 
+ GetProjectName(refs));
    Reference aRef = null;
    string refStr = null;
    refStr = "";
    foreach (VSLangProj80.Reference3 temp in theVSProject.References)
    {
        aRef = temp;
        refStr += (aRef.Name + "'s containing project is: " 
+ aRef.ContainingProject.Name + "\n");
    }
    MessageBox.Show("The containing project for each reference in 
the project:" + "\n" + "\n" + refStr + "\n");
}

private string GetProjectName(References refs)
{
    return refs.ContainingProject.Name;
}

.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

Reference3 Interface

VSLangProj80 Namespace