VSProject2.BuildManager Property

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2013-03-11

Gets the BuildManager object of the VSProject.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property BuildManager As BuildManager

BuildManager BuildManager { get; }

property BuildManager^ BuildManager {
    BuildManager^ get ();
}

abstract BuildManager : BuildManager

function get BuildManager () : BuildManager

Property Value

Type: VSLangProj.BuildManager
A BuildManager object.

Implements

VSProject.BuildManager

Remarks

The BuildManager property is used by third-party developers to manage the portable executables produced by running custom tools. For more information, see BuildManagerEvents.

Examples

To run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples. Open a Visual Basic or Visual C# project before running this add-in.

[Visual Basic]

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)
    BuildManagerTest(applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub BuildManagerTest(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    Dim aProject As Project
    Dim aVSProject As VSProject2
    aProject = applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1)
    MsgBox("Project kind is: " & aProject.Kind & vbCr _
    & "Project name is: " & aProject.Name)
    aVSProject = CType(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1) _
    .Object, VSProject2)
    MsgBox("The full name of the project is:" & vbCr _
    & aVSProject.Project.FullName)
    MsgBox("The BuildManager's containing project is: "_
    & aVSProject.BuildManager.ContainingProject.Name)
    MsgBox("The Buildmanager's design time output monikers type is:" _
    & vbCr &_
   aVSProject.BuildManager.DesignTimeOutputMonikers.GetType.ToString())
End Sub

[C#]

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;
    BuildManagerTest((DTE2)applicationObject);
}
public void BuildManagerTest(DTE2 dte)
{
    Project aProject = null;
    VSProject2 aVSProject = null;
    aProject = applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1);
    MessageBox.Show("Project kind is: " + aProject.Kind + "\n"
 + "Project name is: " + aProject.Name);
    aVSProject = ((VSProject2)( applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object));
    MessageBox.Show("The full name of the project is:" + "\n" 
+ aVSProject.Project.FullName);
    MessageBox.Show("The BuildManager's containing project is: "
 + aVSProject.BuildManager.ContainingProject.Name);
    MessageBox.Show("The Buildmanager's design time output monikers
 type is:" + "\n" + 
aVSProject.BuildManager.DesignTimeOutputMonikers.GetType().ToString());
}

.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.

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