VCProject.AddAssemblyReference Method
Adds an assembly (.NET) reference to the selected project.
Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Function AddAssemblyReference ( _
Path As String _
) As Object
Object AddAssemblyReference(
string Path
)
Object^ AddAssemblyReference(
[InAttribute] String^ Path
)
abstract AddAssemblyReference :
Path:string -> Object
function AddAssemblyReference(
Path : String
) : Object
Parameters
Path
Type: System.StringA string representing the path of the assembly to add.
Return Value
Type: System.Object
The path of the assembly.
Remarks
AddAssemblyReference calls the VSCore service in Visual Studio to identify the MinFrameworkVersion for the added reference. If you call AddAssemblyReference outside of Visual Studio where the VSCore service is not available, then the MinFrameworkVersion is set to eFrameworkVersionUnknown.
Examples
See How to: Compile Example Code for Project Model Extensibility for information about how to compile and run this example.
Adds a .NET assembly reference to your project based on the path to the assembly, if possible.
' Add a reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine and have a
' Visual C++ project loaded before running this example.
Imports EnvDTE
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Public Module Module1
Sub Test()
Dim prj As VCProject
Dim vcar As VCAssemblyReference
Dim refcfg As VCReferenceConfiguration
prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object
If prj.CanAddAssemblyReference("C:\Program Files\ _
Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\ _
PublicAssemblies\envdte.dll") Then
vcar = prj.AddAssemblyReference("C:\Program Files\ _
Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\ _
PublicAssemblies\envdte.dll")
End If
refcfg = vcar.ReferenceConfigurations.Item(1)
MsgBox("Consumable? " & refcfg.ConsumableByDesigner)
End Sub
End Module
.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.