CreateResourceDefinition

CreateResourceDefinition(CustomFieldType, ExtendedAttributeResource, string)

Factory method which creates a simple extended attribute definition, which Microsoft Project shows as “None”. It has CalculationType equals to None and can be used in Resource only. You are required to specify customFieldType, fieldId and alias when call this method.

public static ExtendedAttributeDefinition CreateResourceDefinition(CustomFieldType customFieldType, 
    ExtendedAttributeResource fieldId, string alias)

Parameter	Type	Description
customFieldType	CustomFieldType	The specified `CustomFieldType` type.
fieldId	ExtendedAttributeResource	The specified `ExtendedAttributeResource` field ID.
alias	String	The specified String alias.

Return Value

Created instance of the ExtendedAttributeDefinition class with specified customFieldType, fieldId and alias.

Examples

Use this example to create a custom text field definition:

var resourceTextAttr = ExtendedAttributeDefinition.CreateResourceDefinition(CustomFieldType.Text, ExtendedAttributeResource.Text27, "My custom field");
project.ExtendedAttributes.Add(resourceTextAttr);

Shows how to add extended attribute to a resource assignment.

var project = new Project(DataDir + "Blank2010.mpp");

// Add new task and resource
var task = project.RootTask.Children.Add("Task");
var resource = project.Resources.Add("Rsc");
var assignment = project.ResourceAssignments.Add(task, resource);
{
    // Custom attributes which is visible in "Resource Usage" view can be created with ExtendedAttributeDefinition.CreateResourceDefinition method.
    var resCostAttributeDefinition = ExtendedAttributeDefinition.CreateResourceDefinition(
        CustomFieldType.Cost,
        ExtendedAttributeResource.Cost5,
        "My cost");

    project.ExtendedAttributes.Add(resCostAttributeDefinition);

    var value = resCostAttributeDefinition.CreateExtendedAttribute();

    // The type of the attribute is "Cost", so we need to use "NumericValue" property.
    value.NumericValue = 1500;

    assignment.ExtendedAttributes.Add(value);
}

{
    // Custom attributes which is visible in "Task Usage" view can be created with ExtendedAttributeDefinition.CreateTaskDefinition method
    var taskCostAttributeDefinition = ExtendedAttributeDefinition.CreateTaskDefinition(
        CustomFieldType.Cost,
        ExtendedAttributeTask.Cost5,
        "My cost for task");

    project.ExtendedAttributes.Add(taskCostAttributeDefinition);

    var value = taskCostAttributeDefinition.CreateExtendedAttribute();

    // The type of the attribute is "Cost", so we need to use "NumericValue" property.
    value.NumericValue = 2300;

    assignment.ExtendedAttributes.Add(value);
}

project.Save(OutDir + "AddExtendedAttributesToResourceAssignment_out.mpp", SaveFileFormat.Mpp);