How to add a file that depends upon another file
October 23rd, 2010
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To programmatically add a file to a specific project that depends upon another file (DependentUpon), you can use methods from the DXCore Solution service.
Consider the following solution structure:
Here, you will add the Class2.cs file into the ClassLibrary1 project that depends on the Class1.cs file. Here’s a sample on how to achieve this:
CSharp code:
EnvDTE.Project targetProject = CodeRush.Solution.FindEnvDTEProject("ClassLibrary1");
if (targetProject != null)
{
string projectPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(targetProject.FileName);
string dependantFilePath = Path.Combine(projectPath, "Class2.cs");
EnvDTE.ProjectItem targetFileProjectItem = CodeRush.Solution.FindProjectItemByName(targetProject, "Class1.cs");
if (targetFileProjectItem != null)
{
targetFileProjectItem.ProjectItems.AddFromFile(dependantFilePath);
}
}
Visual Basic code:
Dim targetProject As EnvDTE.Project = CodeRush.Solution.FindEnvDTEProject("ClassLibrary1")
If targetProject IsNot Nothing Then
Dim projectPath As String = Path.GetDirectoryName(targetProject.FileName)
Dim dependantFilePath As String = Path.Combine(projectPath, "Class2.cs")
Dim targetFileProjectItem As EnvDTE.ProjectItem = CodeRush.Solution.FindProjectItemByName(targetProject, "Class1.cs")
If targetFileProjectItem IsNot Nothing Then
targetFileProjectItem.ProjectItems.AddFromFile(dependantFilePath)
End If
End If
Note that the dependent file must be located in the same folder where the parent file is located.
After that, you will see the new file added into the project:
