internal static void AddNestedFile(DTE2 dte, string parent, string child, BuildActionType type)
{
// ignore if child doesn't exist
if (!File.Exists(child)) return;
if (dte == null) return;
// if we can't load parent or child already part of solution, don't attempt to change anything
ProjectItem parentItem, childItem;
if (!TryGetProjectItem(dte.Solution, parent, out parentItem) || TryGetProjectItem(dte.Solution, child, out childItem))
return;
// add the child item and save project
if (parentItem.ProjectItems == null)
Logger.Log("ProjectItems is null. Bad news is about to happen.");
childItem = parentItem.ProjectItems.AddFromFile(child);
if (childItem != null)
{
childItem.ContainingProject.Save();
}
else
{
Logger.Log("Could not add child item to project.");
}
// schedule call to change build action
// this is a work around since it seems to ignore property changes until after file saved
// and even after that it still ignores it, so async makes it better
Dispatcher.CurrentDispatcher.BeginInvoke(new Action(() => ChangeBuildActionType(dte, child, type)), DispatcherPriority.Background);
}
private static void ChangeBuildActionType(DTE2 dte, string path, BuildActionType type)
{
ProjectItem item;
if (TryGetProjectItem(dte.Solution, path, out item))
{
var vsBuildAction = (int)type;
var vsType = type.ToString();
var actionProperty = item.Properties.Item("BuildAction");
var typeProperty = item.Properties.Item("ItemType");
// stop if no changes
if (vsBuildAction.Equals(actionProperty.Value) && vsType.Equals(typeProperty.Value))
return;
actionProperty.Value = vsBuildAction;
typeProperty.Value = vsType;
item.ContainingProject.Save();
}
}