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VCPlatform.Tools Property

Gets the available tools for the platform.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Tools As Object
    Get
Object Tools { get; }
property Object^ Tools {
    Object^ get ();
}
abstract Tools : Object
function get Tools () : Object

Property Value

Type: System.Object
The available tools for the platform.

Remarks

See How to: Compile Example Code for Project Model Extensibility for information about how to compile and run this example.

Examples

The following example uses the Tools property in the integrated development environment (IDE):

' add reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Imports EnvDTE
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine

Public Module Module1
    Sub Test()
        Dim prj As VCProject
        Dim cfgs, tools As IVCCollection
        Dim cfg As VCConfiguration
        Dim plat As VCPlatform
        prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object
        cfgs = prj.Configurations
        cfg = cfgs.Item(1)
        plat = cfg.Platform
        tools = plat.Tools
        MsgBox(tools.Item(1).ToolName)
    End Sub
End Module

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See Also

Reference

VCPlatform Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Namespace