Edit

Share via

Add an attribute to a project item

  • Article

The methods GetItemAttribute and SetItemAttribute get and set the value of the attributes of a project item. SetItemAttribute creates the attribute if it does not already exist, adding it to the project item metadata.

Add an attribute to a project item

  • The following code uses the DTE automation object and the SetItemAttribute method to add an attribute to a project item. The project item ID is obtained from the project item name "program.cs". The attribute "MyAttribute" is added to this project item and given the value "MyValue".

    EnvDTE.DTE dte = (EnvDTE.DTE)Package.GetGlobalService(typeof(EnvDTE.DTE));
EnvDTE.Project project = dte.Solution.Projects.Item(1);

string uniqueName = project.UniqueName;
IVsSolution solution = (IVsSolution)Package.GetGlobalService(typeof(SVsSolution));
IVsHierarchy hierarchy;
solution.GetProjectOfUniqueName(uniqueName, out hierarchy);
IVsBuildPropertyStorage buildPropertyStorage = hierarchy as IVsBuildPropertyStorage;
if (buildPropertyStorage != null)
{
    uint itemId;
    string fullPath = (string)project.ProjectItems.Item("Program.cs").Properties.Item("FullPath").Value;
    hierarchy.ParseCanonicalName(fullPath, out itemId);
    buildPropertyStorage.SetItemAttribute(itemId, "MyAttribute", "MyValue");
}

Related content