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Hi. I want to write an addin command that adds a file to a project. The code I tried didn't work:

 IProject p = ProjectService.CurrentProject;
 ProjectItem pi = new FileProjectItem(p, ItemType.Content);
 pi.Include = filename;
 pi.FileName = filename;
 p.Items.Add(pi);
 p.IsDirty = true

where "filename" is the filename with no path (or relative path, for that manner).

I also tried some variations of that code, but nothing worked.

Can someone please direct me to the correct way of doing this?

Thanks, Itai.
 

If you use p.Items.Add, the events for added items will not be fired. Use ProjectService.AddProjectItem(..) instead.

Additionally, you have to refresh the projects pad: ProjectBrowserPad.Instance.ProjectBrowserControl.RefreshView(); 

And as a last point: SharpDevelop never saves the projects when closing - projects are always saved immediately after the were modified, so call p.Save() instead of setting IsDirty. 

Thanks, a project item was indeed added, however it points to the wrong direction...

I set the Include property to the filename of the new item, and it added a relative path to the SharpDevelop bin directory. Surprisingly, it didn't help that I changed the filename to include the full path to the file...

The file exists in the project directory. How do I set it in the project item correctly? And while at it, how do I open an item for viewing or editing? (basically, I want to programaticaly "open" the item using the default display binding of that item...)

 

Oops.. nevermind, my mistake... I set the full path to the include property instead of the filename property. It's working now :)

The second problem is still valid... couldn't find a way to open the item I just created...