Solution3.Parent Property

Gets the immediate parent object of a Solution2 object.

Namespace:  EnvDTE90
Assembly:  EnvDTE90 (in EnvDTE90.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Parent As DTE
    Get

DTE Parent { get; }

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

abstract Parent : DTE

function get Parent () : DTE

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.DTE
A DTE object.

Implements

Solution2.Parent

Remarks

The Parent property returns the immediate parent to the object.

Examples

For information on how to run this add-in code, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, _
 ByVal connectMode As ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, _
 ByRef custom As Array) Implements IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection
    _applicationObject = CType(application, DTE2)
    _addInInstance = CType(addInInst, AddIn)
    IsOpenExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub

Sub IsOpenExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    ' This add-in displays the parent of the solution.
    ' Open a solution in 
    ' Visual Studio before running this example.
    Try
        Dim soln As Solution3 = CType(_applicationObject.Solution, _
        Solution3)
        Dim solnName As String = _
        System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(soln.FullName)
        MsgBox("Solution " & solnName & _
        " has the following parent:" & _
        vbCrLf & vbCrLf & soln.Parent.FullName)
    Catch ex As System.Exception
        MsgBox(ex.ToString)
    End Try
End Sub

using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application,
 Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst,
 ref System.Array custom)
{
    _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    // Pass the applicationObject member variable to the code example.
    ParentExample((DTE2)_applicationObject);
}
public void ParentExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // This add-in displays the name of the parent for a solution. 
    // Open a solution in 
    // Visual Studio before running this example.
    try
    {
        Solution3 soln = (Solution3)_applicationObject.Solution;
        string solnName =
          System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(soln.FullName);
        MessageBox.Show("Solution " + solnName + "'s parent is: " 
          + soln.Parent.FullName.ToString());
    }
    catch(SystemException ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + ex);
    }
}

.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

Solution3 Interface

Parent Overload

EnvDTE90 Namespace

Other Resources

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