Customize Add reference actions

Hi,

is there a way to customize the Add reference action in VS2005 C#

By default, when I am trying to add a assembly reference to my project using the Browse tabcard,the IDE writes something like
<Reference Include="myAssembly, Version=7.10.2.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=x86">
<SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
<HintPath>..\..\Bin\myAssembly.dll</HintPath>
</Reference>

I would like to obtain that by default:

<Reference Include="myAssembly">
<SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
<Private>False</Private>
</Reference>

How should I proceed

thansk in advance for any answer.

best regards
Sebastien

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Customize Add reference actions

Koder021

Seb,

There is no way to customize the behavior of the add reference dialog in this way. You could potentially create an add-in that wrote directly to the project file and mimicked the behavior of add reference, though that is obviously more work.

Anson
Mike Greenway

ok ,

Thanks
babyboomer

I think you can use DTE to visit the project.

There is References.Add("") method for u to add ur reference
PeteJM01
Perhaps I can state it more precisely, is there a way to cahnge the default parameter of the IDE when it tries to add a new assembly reference.
MauricioUY
Yes sure , I can work with the Project Object Model,

But I want to click on AddReference and the studio might write directly this

<Reference Include="myAssembly">
<SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
<Private>False</Private>
</Reference>
Customize Add reference actions

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