Prevent new file from opening on add

Question

I'm doing a GAX project and I have an action that adds all the files from a folder to a new "Solution Items" folder. This serves to insert the files needed at the project root as the Local.testsettings and the like.

My problem is that when I add a file, it opens immediately. For a .txt file or the like, it's not too bad. For .testsettings file, it opens a modal window that blocks all the process.

What can I do to prevent this opening? I can't use a .close on the ProjectItem.Document because the code is not executed after the mySolution.ProjectItems.AddFromFile(file) statement.

If you know of any way to prevent a file from opening on add (whether it is added by hand or by code) I'd like to know.

The full code, as asked, is :

        DTE dte = GetService<DTE>();

        string folderPath = System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + SolutionFolderPath;

        var solution = dte.Solution as Solution2;
        var solutionItems = solution.AddSolutionFolder("Solution Items");

        foreach (var file in Directory.GetFiles(folderPath))
        {
            var item = solutionItems.ProjectItems.AddFromFile(file);                
        }

Thanks a lot!

How about showing us how you add the files? You don't need to show us all of them; just show us how you would add a single file that then opens. — John Saunders, Feb 19 '11 at 00:51
I don't think the issue lies with you--this is pretty much standard behavior for Visual Studio. Adda file to a project/solution, and it is opened immediately. I've got a Connect open on being able to control this behavior. — , Mar 08 '11 at 13:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 27 '19 at 08:34

A bit of a blast from the past here but I came across this question when I was looking to do exactly the same thing recently for a custom VS multi-project wizard I've written. In VS2017, the quick and simple solution was after adding the files (using similar code to the OP), I called this in my wizard implementation's IWizard.RunFinished method:

DTE.Documents.CloseAll(vsSaveChanges.vsSaveChangesNo);

Note that in my wizard code, I store the _DTE object in a member property in IWizard.RunStarted for later use (outside of the RunStarted method). Now when my template wizard has completed, there are no open documents!

Prevent new file from opening on add

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