How to add a file to an in a project template existing folder?

Question

Hi everybody,

I've created a project template with several folders and files in.

I'm using the iWizard Interface to add more files from network locations to the project, when the template is called.

Something like that:

public void ProjectFinishedGenerating(EnvDTE.Project project)

{
....

project.ProjectItems.AddFromFileCopy(@"I:\Projects\MyFile.dll");

....

}


I even managed to create folders and add files per Wizard like:

EnvDTE.ProjectItem folderLib = project.ProjectItems.AddFolder("Libraries", EnvDTE.Constants.vsProjectItemKindPhysicalFolder);

folderLib.ProjectItems.AddFromFileCopy(@"I:\Projects\MyFile.dll");



But for technical reasons, some folder have to exist in the project template before I call the Wizard.

So how to I add files in the ProjectFinishedGenerating method to folders already existing in my project template??


Thanks in advance,

mika

Answer 1

You can get the ProjectItem interface representing that folder and then use its ProjectItem.ProjectItems Property as the collection representing all that project items that may be hierarchically below the project item, which is actually a ProjectItems interface. Then call AddFromFileCopy on this interface. And I write some macro for you:

Dim proj As Project = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1)

'The project contains a folder namely TestFolder

proj.ProjectItems.Item("TestFolder").ProjectItems.AddFromFileCopy("f:\test.cs")

This should be able to achieve this.

Thanks!

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Answer 2

Thank you very much Feng Chen!

Everything works fine!

mika

Answer 3

You're too welcome! And if you have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.  It is always our pleasure to be of assistance.

Thanks!

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