Please help with programmatic access to vsprops file

Anthony Wieser

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Jan 4, 2008, 12:45:54 PM1/4/08

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Hello,

I'm trying to build a custom C++ wizard to build my projects, but I've come
unstuck trying to add a user property page.

In visual studio, I can create a file which is a Visual Studio Property
Sheet, named for instance version.vsprops

I can then go to the property manager window, and add an existing property
sheet.

Naively, I hoped I could find out what was going on by recording a macro,
but that didn't work.

So, my question is:

How can I programmatically add a vsprops file to a project. There seems to
be a VCPropertySheet interfacec, but I can't for the life of me figure out
what object will give me one.

I hope someone here can help.

Anthony Wieser
Wieser Software Ltd

Anthony Wieser

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Jan 4, 2008, 5:18:37 PM1/4/08

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I've got a bit further, but still can't figure out how to add an object.

Let's say I want to add a my version.vsprops to every configuration.

Here's what I have:

sub addVersion(prj as VCProject)
{
dim config as VCConfiguration
dim sheets as Object
dim prjProp as VCPropertySheet

for each config in prj.Configurations
sheets = config.PropertySheets;

// how do I add a new prjProp to the collection of property sheets?

prjProp.Name = "version"
prjProp.PropertySheetFile = "fullpath\version.vsprops"
next
}

I tried Add on the sheets method but that method doesn't seem to exist.

Any Suggestions?

Anthony Wieser
Wieser Software Ltd

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Anthony Wieser

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Jan 5, 2008, 12:08:32 PM1/5/08

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OK, it seems odd, but the way to do this is to set the
InheritedPropertySheets property of the config to a semicolon delimited list
of property sheets (vsprop files) you want added.

Anthony Wieser
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Madhura K

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I tried using
cofig.InheritedPropertySheets
to set property sheets but it didnt work.

did it work for you?

> On Friday, January 04, 2008 12:45 PM Anthony Wieser wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to build a custom C++ wizard to build my projects, but I've come
> unstuck trying to add a user property page.
>
> In visual studio, I can create a file which is a Visual Studio Property
> Sheet, named for instance version.vsprops
>
> I can then go to the property manager window, and add an existing property
> sheet.
>
> Naively, I hoped I could find out what was going on by recording a macro,
> but that didn't work.
>
> So, my question is:
>
> How can I programmatically add a vsprops file to a project. There seems to
> be a VCPropertySheet interfacec, but I can't for the life of me figure out
> what object will give me one.
>
> I hope someone here can help.
>
> Anthony Wieser
> Wieser Software Ltd

>> On Friday, January 04, 2008 5:18 PM Anthony Wieser wrote:

>> I've got a bit further, but still can't figure out how to add an object.
>>
>> Let's say I want to add a my version.vsprops to every configuration.
>>
>> Here's what I have:
>>
>> sub addVersion(prj as VCProject)
>> {
>> dim config as VCConfiguration
>> dim sheets as Object
>> dim prjProp as VCPropertySheet
>>
>> for each config in prj.Configurations
>> sheets = config.PropertySheets;
>>
>> // how do I add a new prjProp to the collection of property sheets?
>>
>> prjProp.Name = "version"
>> prjProp.PropertySheetFile = "fullpath\version.vsprops"
>> next
>> }
>>
>> I tried Add on the sheets method but that method doesn't seem to exist.
>>
>>
>> Any Suggestions?
>>
>> Anthony Wieser
>> Wieser Software Ltd
>>
>> "Anthony Wieser" <newsgroup...@wieser-software.com> wrote in message
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