How do I add an entry to the Menu in the Solution Explorer??

How do I add an entry to the Menu in the Solution Explorer??

• DocJames

  Hi,

  To add a menu entry to a context menu is the same that adding it to any VS menu or toolbar. All of them work with command bars (of 3 kinds: menu, toolbar, commandbar popup). So, you don’t use a handle at all. All you need to know is the name of the commandbar popup that a window is using as context menu. The Solution Explorer uses quite a few depending on the selected item(s) such as "Project", etc. To guess the name of the commandbar used by the Object Browser as context menu (if it is not internal to it, I am not sure) see if this helps:

  HOWTO: Guessing the name of a command bar to add a custom menu entry in Visual Studio .NET add-ins

  http://www.mztools.com/articles/2004/MZ002.htm

  
  
  

• Atosecond

  Hi Sami,
  Thanks for that but it doesn't seem to work for my implementation, which line of code in particulat is adding the command to the Solution Explorer
  
  
  
  

• Armageddon

  Hi Sami,
  I'm trying to do much the same thing but haven't succeeded, did the "Project" add a new menu item to the Solution Explorer for you, it didn't for me , just added it to the Menu Project and not the right click menu.
  Here's what I'm using:
  
  public void OnConnection(object application, ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
  {
  _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
  _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
  if(connectMode == ext_ConnectMode.ext_cm_UISetup)
  {
  object []contextGUIDS = new object[] { };
  Commands2 commands = (Commands2)_applicationObject.Commands;
  string projectMenuName;
  
  
  try
  {
  ResourceManager resourceManager = new ResourceManager("MyAddin.CommandBar", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
  CultureInfo cultureInfo = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo(_applicationObject.LocaleID);
  string resourceName = String.Concat(cultureInfo.TwoLetterISOLanguageName, "Project");
  projectMenuName = resourceManager.GetString(resourceName);
  }
  catch
  {
  //We tried to find a localized version of the word Tools, but one was not found.
  // Default to the en-US word, which may work for the current culture.
  projectMenuName = "Project";
  }
  
  try
  {
  Command solutionExplorerCommand = commands.AddNamedCommand2(_addInInstance, "MyContextMenu", "My Command", "Executes My command 1", true, 59, ref contextGUIDS, (int)vsCommandStatus.vsCommandStatusSupported + (int)vsCommandStatus.vsCommandStatusEnabled,(int)vsCommandStyle.vsCommandStylePictAndText, vsCommandControlType.vsCommandControlTypeButton);
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBar menuBarCommandBar2 = ((Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBars)_applicationObject.CommandBars)["MenuBar"];
  CommandBarControl projectControl = menuBarCommandBar2.Controls[projectMenuName];
  CommandBarPopup projectPopup = (CommandBarPopup)projectControl;
  
  if ((solutionExplorerCommand != null) && (projectPopup != null))
  {
  solutionExplorerCommand.AddControl(projectPopup.CommandBar, 1);
  }
  
  }
  catch
  {
  }
  
  }
  }
  
  
  

• Bill S

  Sami, I'm trying the same thing as you, adding a context menu to the solution explorer.
  
  
  

• Devi48354

  Craig Skibo wrote:

  Creating a menu item and a wizard are two seperate concepts. Creating a menu item involves walking through the object model for command bars, locating the correct CommandBar object, and adding an item to it. Craig

  Thanks for your answer Craig.
  My problem now is that I have no idea what the name of correct command bar that I need!!
  I am creating an "Integration Service Project" by going through File->New->Project->"Business Intelligence Projects" and choosing "Integration Service Project".
  When I open the "Solution Explorer" of the new project and I right click on the project, I want to be able to add an entry to the menu that I get there. Does anyone know what is the name of that menu What name should I use in order to locate it so I can add a command to it
  I am trying to use the same technique as described in http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165628(VS.80).aspx
  Thanks,
  Sami.