Command.DTE Property

Gets the top-level extensibility object.

Namespace:  EnvDTE
Assembly:  EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property DTE As DTE

DTE DTE { get; }

property DTE^ DTE {
    DTE^ get ();
}

abstract DTE : DTE

function get DTE () : DTE

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.DTE
A DTE object.

Remarks

In Visual Studio, the DTE object is the root of the automation model, which other object models often call "Application".

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte, AddIn addin)
{
    try
    {
        // Show number of commands in Commands collection.
        MessageBox.Show(dte.Commands.Count.ToString());
        // Return the Commands collection for the application.
        Commands cmdsColl = dte.Commands;
        // Return a Command object.
        Command cmdObj = cmdsColl.Item("File.NewFile", cmdsColl.Count);
        // Show the full name of Command object's application object.
        MessageBox.Show(cmdObj.DTE.FullName);
        // Display the Command object's name.
        MessageBox.Show(cmdObj.Name);
        // Display whether the Command object's containing collection
        // is the same as the application object's Commands collection.
        string message;
        if (cmdsColl.Equals(cmdObj.Collection))
            message = "Same collection!";
        else
            message = "Different collection!";
        MessageBox.Show(message);
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Command Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples