Item Templates

The Project System Extensibility SDK offers several item templates.

They can be easily added to your project by using Add New Item. They are located under the Visual C# Items/Extensibility/Project System Node in the Add New Item dialog.

Item Template	Description	More Info
Project Item Type	Defines new types of items that can be added to your project	Custom Item Types, Tutorial
Build Up-To-Date Check extension	Provides a hint as to whether the project's outputs are up to date	IBuildUpToDateCheckProvider
Project Capabilities Provider extension	Export that can declare capabilities on behalf of a project	IProjectCapabilitiesProvider
Project Deploy extension	Export that define the deploy step for a project	IDeployProvider
Project Load Veto extension	Export that can prevent loading a project in Visual Studio	IVetoProjectLoad
Project Tree Modifier/Properties Provider extension	Export that can tweak the appearance of your project in the Solution Explorer	IProjectPropertiesProvider
Special Files Provider extension	Export than can identify certain well-known files in a project	ISpecialFileProvider
Xaml Rule	Creates an empty xaml rule	Property Pages
Custom Debugger extension	Export that defines the debug step for a project	IDebugLaunchProvider
Command Group Handler extension	Export that defines command handling for a group of commands	Command Handlers
Property Page Value Editor extension	Export that provides a custom property value editor.	Property value editors
Custom Icons	Adds a set of custom images that can be consumed by project type using an IProjectTreePropertiesProvider.	Provide Custom Icons IProjectPropertiesProvider
Dynamic Enum Values Provider	Export that provides a dynamic list of enum values	IDynamicEnumValuesProvider

Future Item Templates

Item Template	Description	More Info