ExtendedAttributeDefinitionCollection.Add

ExtendedAttributeDefinitionCollection.Add method

Adds the specified item to this collection.

public void Add(ExtendedAttributeDefinition item)

Parameter	Type	Description
item	ExtendedAttributeDefinition	the specified item to add to this collection.

Examples

Shows how to use extended attribute definition collections.

var project = new Project(DataDir + "ReadTaskExtendedAttributes.mpp");

if (!project.ExtendedAttributes.IsReadOnly)
{
    if (project.ExtendedAttributes.Count > 0)
    {
        // clear extended attribute definitions
        project.ExtendedAttributes.Clear();
    }
}

// create extended attribute definition for a task
var taskDefinition = ExtendedAttributeDefinition.CreateTaskDefinition(CustomFieldType.Start, ExtendedAttributeTask.Start7, "Start 7");
project.ExtendedAttributes.Add(taskDefinition);

Console.WriteLine("Iterate over extended attributes of " + project.ExtendedAttributes.ParentProject.Get(Prj.Name) + " project: ");
foreach (var attribute in project.ExtendedAttributes)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Attribute Alias: " + attribute.Alias);
    Console.WriteLine("Attribute CfType: " + attribute.CfType);
    Console.WriteLine();
}

Console.WriteLine();

// work with extended attribute definitions...
var resourceDefinition = ExtendedAttributeDefinition.CreateResourceDefinition(CustomFieldType.Cost, ExtendedAttributeResource.Cost5, "My cost");

if (!project.ExtendedAttributes.Contains(resourceDefinition))
{
    project.ExtendedAttributes.Add(resourceDefinition);
}

// work with extended attribute definitions...
var resourceDefinition2 = ExtendedAttributeDefinition.CreateResourceDefinition(CustomFieldType.Number, ExtendedAttributeResource.Cost1, "My Cost 2");

if (project.ExtendedAttributes.IndexOf(resourceDefinition2) < 0)
{
    project.ExtendedAttributes.Insert(0, resourceDefinition2);
}

// work with extended attribute definitions...

// remove extended attribute by index
project.ExtendedAttributes.RemoveAt(0);

Console.WriteLine("Print project's extended attributes: ");
Console.WriteLine("Count of project's extended attribute definitions: " + project.ExtendedAttributes.Count);

// use collection index access
Console.WriteLine("Attribute 1 Alias: " + project.ExtendedAttributes[0].Alias);
Console.WriteLine("Attribute 1 CfType: " + project.ExtendedAttributes[0].CfType);
Console.WriteLine("Attribute 2 Alias: " + project.ExtendedAttributes[1].Alias);
Console.WriteLine("Attribute 2 CfType: " + project.ExtendedAttributes[1].CfType);

var otherProject = new Project();

// copy attributes to other project
var attributes = new ExtendedAttributeDefinition[project.ExtendedAttributes.Count];
project.ExtendedAttributes.CopyTo(attributes, 0);

foreach (var attribute in attributes)
{
    otherProject.ExtendedAttributes.Add(attribute);
}

Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Iterate over other project's extended attributes: ");
foreach (var attribute in otherProject.ExtendedAttributes)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Attribute Alias: " + attribute.Alias);
    Console.WriteLine("Attribute CfType: " + attribute.CfType);
    Console.WriteLine();
}

// remove all extended attribute definitions
List<ExtendedAttributeDefinition> definitions = project.ExtendedAttributes.ToList();
foreach (var definition in definitions)
{
    project.ExtendedAttributes.Remove(definition);
}

ExtendedAttributeDefinitionCollection.Add

ExtendedAttributeDefinitionCollection.Add method

Examples

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