SelectionContainer.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 Sub CodeExample(ByVal dte As DTE2) 
    Try
        ' Open a project and select some items in 
        ' Solution Explorer before running this example.
        Dim selCon As SelectionContainer = dte.SelectedItems.SelectionContainer
        Dim msg As String = "Container has items: " + selCon.Count.ToString()
        If selCon.Parent Is dte.SelectedItems Then
            msg += vbCrLf + "The SelectionContainer has a SelectedItems as a parent object."
        End If
        msg += vbCrLf + "This SelectionContainer is in this application: " + selCon.DTE.Name
        
        MessageBox.Show(msg)
    
    Catch ex As Exception
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
    End Try
End Sub

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte)
{  
    try
    {   // Open a project and select some items in 
        // Solution Explorer before running this example.
        SelectionContainer selCon= dte.SelectedItems.SelectionContainer;
        string msg = "Container has items: " + selCon.Count.ToString();
        if (selCon.Parent.Equals(dte.SelectedItems))
            msg += "\nThe SelectionContainer has a SelectedItems as a parent object.";
        msg += "\nThis SelectionContainer is in this application: " + selCon.DTE.Name;

        MessageBox.Show(msg);

    }
    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

SelectionContainer Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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