Create an empty database project programmatically using C#

Question

I wanted to create an empty database project from Visual Studio 2017 programmatically. I tried creating a console application programmatically and was successful. Here is the code with which I tried creating a Console Application.

 Solution2 soln = (Solution2)dte.Solution;
 string dbTemplatePath;
 string dbPrjPath = "C:\\source";
 dbTemplatePath = soln.GetProjectItemTemplate("ConsoleApplication.zip", "CSharp");
 soln.AddFromTemplate(dbTemplatePath, dbPrjPath, "New db project", false);

When I replace ConsoleApplication.zip with dbApplication.zip, I could not come up with a database project.

Also, I noticed the template for ConsoleApplication found in the location Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\Common7\\IDE\\ProjectTemplates\\CSharp\\Windows Root\\Windows\\1033\\ConsoleApplication whereas there is no such template for database project.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

To create an empty database project programmatically, you must need the template of an empty database project.

If such a template is not found in the Visual Studio folder, you can create an empty database project from visual studio and export the project as a template from Projects -> Export Template...

EnvDTE.DTE dte = (EnvDTE.DTE)obj;
dte.Solution.Create(path, name);
var solution = dte.Solution;
solution.AddFromTemplate(templateLocation, name);
dte.ExecuteCommand("File.SaveAll");