I want to create a new Solution Folder dynamically in Visual Studio using PowerShell script.
I know how to create a solution folder for an existing solution in Visual Studio manually but is there a way we can automate it using PowerShell?
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To add a Solution Folder, you should add a Project entry. The Guid for the Project Type for a solution folder should be : "{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}" and for the project Guid, you should use a new Guid.
Here is a function which adds a folder to a solution file:
Function AddFolderToSolution($folderName, $solutionFile)
{
$solutionFolderGuid = "{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}"
$content = [System.IO.File]::ReadLines($solutionFile)
$lines = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[string]
$lines.AddRange($content)
$index = $lines.IndexOf("Global")
$guid = [System.Guid]::NewGuid().ToString().ToUpper()
$txt = "Project(`"$solutionFolderGuid`") = `"$folderName`", `"$folderName`", `"$guid`""
$lines.Insert($index, $txt)
$lines.Insert($index+1, "EndProject")
[System.IO.File]::WriteAllLines($solutionFile, $lines)
}
And here is the usage:
AddFolderToSolution "NewFolder10" "D:\Solution1.sln"
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ANIL
Where do I get the Guid?
Reza Aghaei
The function contains all the logic. Just call it the same way that I called. The Guid for solution folder project type is
"{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}". The guid for the folder itself is a new Guid [System.Guid]::NewGuid().ToString().ToUpper(). The answer contains all required information you don't need to discover anything. I tried it with VS2017 and it worked properly.ANIL
I am getting this error:
Exception calling "Insert" with "2" argument(s): "Index must be within the bounds of the List. Parameter name: index" At line:12 char:4 + $lines.Insert($index, $txt) + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ArgumentOutOfRangeException Reza Aghaei
I'm running it against a VS2017 solution without any problem. Do some debug and make sure the solution file which you have is valid and for exampel contains "Global" entry.
Reza Aghaei
@ANIL The solution folder is not a real physical folder. You don't need to create a folder. The solution folder is a logical folder meaningful just for categorizing some files, which may be located any where.
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