Hello, I am trying to create a class file in an existing project folder.

My main objective is:

- navigate to a specific existing folder in a project
- right mouse click to execute a recipe thatwillgenerate the class in that folder

My main problem is that I don´t know how to retrieve the information about the selected folder (the one i choose with the right mouse click)to pass as argument for an Action.


Can anyone help me?

tks in advance!

Hi,

You need to make sure you add this to your recipe:

<CommandBar Name="Folder" /> (under the HostData element)


This will ensure your recipe only shows when the currently selected item is a Folder.
Then in your Recipe you will have at least one Action and in it you can use the DTE as in:

dte.SelectedItems.Item(1) to access the Folder object.

and with something like this you can read its fullpath:

SelectedItems.Item(1).ProjectItem.Properties("URL");

If you don't have a DTE instance handy you can retrieve one by asking for the DTE service

DTE dte = GetService(typeof(DTE)) as DTE;

HTH,
-vga.

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Hi,

You need to make sure you add this to your recipe:

<CommandBar Name="Folder" /> (under the HostData element)


This will ensure your recipe only shows when the currently selected item is a Folder.
Then in your Recipe you will have at least one Action and in it you can use the DTE as in:

dte.SelectedItems.Item(1) to access the Folder object.

and with something like this you can read its fullpath:

SelectedItems.Item(1).ProjectItem.Properties("URL");

If you don't have a DTE instance handy you can retrieve one by asking for the DTE service

DTE dte = GetService(typeof(DTE)) as DTE;

HTH,
-vga.

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Working with GAX/GAT/DSL? Download SFT now! http://softwarefactoriestoolkit.net

Hello again!

Tks for the quick anwser.
I used your information to explore the Item structure (using SelectItems). I found other useful info there, and got all that i needed.
Once again, thank you.