VCFilter.CanMove(Object) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll

Package:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine v17.11.40252

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Returns true if the filter can be moved to the specified location.

public:
 bool CanMove(System::Object ^ Parent);

public:
 bool CanMove(Platform::Object ^ Parent);

bool CanMove(winrt::Windows::Foundation::IInspectable const & Parent);

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2360)]
public bool CanMove (object Parent);

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2360)>]
abstract member CanMove : obj -> bool

Public Function CanMove (Parent As Object) As Boolean

Parameters

Parent: Object

Required. The folder or project into which you want to move the filter.

Returns

Boolean

true if the filter can be moved to the specified location; otherwise, false.

Attributes: DispIdAttribute

Examples

The following example uses CanMove in the integrated development environment (IDE):

' Macro code.  
' add reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine  
Imports EnvDTE  
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine  

Public Module Module1  
    Sub Test()  
        Dim mycollection As IVCCollection  
        Dim filter, filter2 As VCFilter  
        Dim prj As VCProject  
        Dim ret As Boolean  
        prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object  
        mycollection = prj.Filters  
        'mycollection.Count has count of files  
        filter = mycollection.Item(1)  
        filter2 = mycollection.Item(2)  
        ret = filter.CanMove(filter2)  
        MsgBox(ret)  
    End Sub  
End Module

Remarks

See How to: Compile Example Code for Project Model Extensibility for information about how to compile and run this example.

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