public void AddTask(string description,
string category,
string subcategory,
vsTaskPriority priority,
vsTaskIcon icon,
bool checkable,
string releventFile,
int lineNumber,
bool canUserDelete,
bool flushItem,
bool allowDuplicates)
{
Debug.Assert(description != null, "description parameter could not be null.");
Debug.Assert(category != null, "category parameter could not be null.");
Debug.Assert(subcategory != null, "subcategory parameter could not be null.");
// Get a reference to the tasks window.
Window win = applicationObject.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindTaskList);
// Activate it.
win.Activate();
// Get a reference to the tasks list.
TaskList taskList = (TaskList)win.Object;
// If we don't allow duplicates we have to itterate the tasks list to
// see if there is a duplicate.
// Do this for all task items.
for (int ti = 1; ti <= taskList.TaskItems.Count; ti++)
{
// Get a reference to the task item.
TaskItem existingItem = taskList.TaskItems.Item(ti);
// Match attributes and see if this task is as same as the one being added.
// If the task is matching all Category, SubCategory and Description properties
// must be similar to the pertaining parameters. We don't care about the case here.
if (string.Compare(category, existingItem.Category, true) == 0 &&
string.Compare(subcategory, existingItem.SubCategory, true) == 0 &&
string.Compare(description, existingItem.Description, true) == 0)
{
// We don't have to proceed.
return;
}
}
// Add the new task item.
TaskItem newItem = taskList.TaskItems.Add(category, subcategory, description, priority, icon,
checkable, releventFile, lineNumber, canUserDelete, flushItem);
// Finally activate the task bar.
ActivateTaskBar();
}
