Reference3.Path Property

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2013-03-11

Gets the path to the reference file.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Path As String

string Path { get; }

property String^ Path {
    String^ get ();
}

abstract Path : string

function get Path () : String

Property Value

Type: System.String
A string representing the path.

Implements

Reference2.Path

Remarks

Path returns the path and file name of the reference, if it can be resolved. If the path cannot be resolved, then a blank string is returned. For information on resolving references, see Add.

The path cannot be a UNC or URL.

Examples

This example displays the name and the path for the first reference 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)
    GetPath(applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub GetPath(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    Dim aProject As Project
    Dim aVSProject As VSProject2
    ' The first project is a Visual Basic or C# project.
    aProject = applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1)
    aVSProject = _
    CType(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object, _
    VSProject2)
    Dim newRef As Reference3
    newRef = CType(aVSProject.References.Item(1), Reference3)
    MsgBox("The name of the first reference in the project is: " 
    & newRef.Name & vbCr & "its path is: " & newRef.Path)
End Sub

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;
    GetPath(((DTE2)applicationObject));
}
public void GetPath(DTE2 dte)
{
    // The first project is a Visual Basic or C# project.
    VSProject2 aVSProject =
((VSProject2)(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object));
    Reference3 aRef = null;
    aRef = ((Reference3)(aVSProject.References.Item(1)));
    MessageBox.Show("The  first reference in the project is: " 
+ aRef.Name +"\n" + "and its path is: " + aRef.Path);
}

.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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