How can I automatically add existing items to a Visual Studio project?

Question

I have a tool which dynamically generates .xaml and .xaml.cs files and puts them in the appropriate Visual Studio directory.

To add them to the project, I have to then:

• right-click on that directory
• choose "add existing item"
• navigate to the matching directory on the hard drive
• select the two files that were created
• click ok

Is there a way for me to tell the project to "include all existing items under the project folder on the hard drive"?

Answer 1

I do not have any automation for this. Still I follow following for the same requirement. This will avoid few clicking.

• In solution Explorer highlight/Select "Show all files" button
• Press control key (to multi select) and select files with mouse click to be included in solution.
• Right click on any one of highlighted file, and select "Include in project"