IDE variables in code?

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Tony Maresca - 04 Sep 2005 10:43 GMT

Is there any way to expand the value of an IDE
variable like $(ProjectName); $(BuildPath), etc.,
into compiled code?

I know there are no macros in C#, but it sure
would be nice if there was a way to have the
compiler emit things like a project's name and
so forth.

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Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP] - 05 Sep 2005 09:30 GMT

I think that the IDE does not provide that feature, but you can build some
add-in or macro to retrieve those values from the extensibility model and
insert them in code. My add-in (below) has a Code Templates feature that has
lots of those predefined variables.

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> Is there any way to expand the value of an IDE
> variable like $(ProjectName); $(BuildPath), etc.,
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> compiler emit things like a project's name and
> so forth.

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