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A Project object represents a project and its tree of project items in MapForce.

Properties to navigate the object model:

•Application

•Parent

File handling:

•FullName

•Name

•Path

•Saved

•Save

•Close

Project tree navigation:

•Count

•Item

•_NewEnum

Project tree manipulation:

•AddActiveFile

•AddFile

•InsertWebService (Enterprise edition only)

•CreateFolder

Code generation:

•Output_Folder

•Output_Language

•Output_TextEncoding

•Java_BasePackageName

•GenerateCode

•GenerateCodeEx

•GenerateCodeIn

•GenerateCodeInEx

For examples of how to use the properties and methods listed above, see Example: Project Tasks. Note that, in order to perform operations that involve Web services, MapForce Enterprise edition is required.

Properties

Name	Description
_NewEnum	Read-only. This property supports language-specific standard enumeration.
Application	Read-only. Retrieves the top-level application object.
Count	Read-only. Retrieves number of children of the project's root item. For examples, see Item or _NewEnum
FullName	Path and name of the project file.
Item	Read-only. Returns the child at n position of the project's root. The index is 1-based (the first index is 1). The largest valid index is Count. For an alternative, see _NewEnum.
Java_BasePackageName	Sets or gets the base package name of the Java packages that will be generated. This property is used only when generating Java code.
Name	Read-only. Name of the project file without file path.
Output_Folder	Sets or gets the default output folder used with GenerateCode and GenerateCodeIn. Project items can overwrite this value in their CodeGenSettings_OutputFolder property, when CodeGenSettings_UseDefault is set to false.
Output_Language	Sets or gets the default language for code generation when using GenerateCode. Project items can overwrite this value in their CodeGenSettings_OutputLanguage property, when CodeGenSettings_UseDefault is set to false.
Output_TextEncoding	Sets or gets the text encoding used when generating XML-based code.
Parent	Read-only. The parent object according to the object model.
Path	Read-only. Path of the project file without name.
Saved	Read-only. True if the project was not modified since the last Save operation, false otherwise.

Methods

Name	Description
AddActiveFile	Adds the currently open document to the mapping folder of the project's root.
AddFile	Adds the specified document to the mapping folder of the project's root.
Close	Closes the project without saving.
CreateFolder	Creates a new folder as a child of the project's root item.
GenerateCode	Generates code for all project items of the project. The code language and output location is determined by properties of the project and project items.
GenerateCodeEx	Generates code for all project items of the project. The code language and output location are determined by properties of the project and project items. An object that can be used to iterate through all messages issued by the code generation process is returned. These messages are the same as those shown in the Messages window of MapForce.
GenerateCodeIn	Generates code for all project items of the project in the specified language. The output location is determined by properties of the project and project items.
GenerateCodeInEx	Generates code for all project items of the project in the specified language. The output location is determined by properties of the project and project items. Returns an object that can be used to iterate through all messages issued by the code generation process. These messages are the same as those shown in the Messages window of MapForce.
InsertWebService	Inserts a new Web service project into the project's Web service folder. If i_bGenerateMappings is true, initial mapping documents for all ports get generated automatically.
Save	Saves the project to the file defined by FullName.

Events

Name	Description
OnProjectClosed	This event is triggered when the project is closed. The project object passed into the event handler should not be accessed. The corresponding open event is Application.OnProjectOpened.