Visual Studio Macro to list Projects instead of solution folders

Question

Using the following code gives me Solution folders instead of real projects.

projectName = DTE.Solution.SolutionBuild.StartupProjects(0)
For Each project In DTE.Solution.Projects
    If project.UniqueName = projectName Then
        Return project
    End If
Next

Is there way I can loop through actual Project nodes?

I'm trying to read properties from the startup project.

Answer 1

I've never written any Visual Studio macros, but this may be what you are looking for.

projectName = DTE.Solution.SolutionBuild.StartupProjects(0)
For Each project In DTE.Solution.Projects
    If (project.ConfigurationManager IsNot Nothing) Then
        ' It's a project!
        If (project.UniqueName = projectName) Then Return project
    Else
        If (project.ProjectItems IsNot Nothing) Then
            For Each projectItem In project.ProjectItems
                If (projectItem.SubProject IsNot Nothing) Then
                   ' TODO: Recurse on projectItem.SubProject 
                End If
            Next
        End If
    End If
Next

I left a 'TODO in there, because you would need to actually pull this out into a function that you could recursively call if you are looking to deal with nested (sub) projects.

I got this solution from this link, and while it's Visual Studio 2005-era material, it might get you going in the right direction.