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Property.Collection Property

Gets the Collection containing the Property object supporting this property.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Collection As Properties
Properties Collection { get; }
property Properties^ Collection {
    Properties^ get ();
}
abstract Collection : Properties with get
function get Collection () : Properties

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.Properties
A Properties collection.

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte)
{  
    try
    {   // Open a solution before running this example
        Properties props = dte.Solution.Properties;
        Property prop;
        string msg = "";
        if (props.Count > 0)
        {
            prop = props.Item(1); // Get first property
            msg += "\nThis Property is named: " + prop.Name;
            msg += "\nThis Property is located in a collection within         
            the following solution: " + 
            ((Solution)prop.Collection.Parent).FullName;
            if (prop.Parent.Equals(prop.Collection))
                msg += "\nThe parent and collection properties return 
                the same object.";
            msg += "\nThe DTE property returns: " + prop.DTE.Name;
        }
        MessageBox.Show(msg, "Property Object");
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Property Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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