ToolBoxItem2.Collection Property

Gets the collection containing the ToolBoxItem object supporting this property.

Namespace:  EnvDTE80
Assembly:  EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Collection As ToolBoxItems

ToolBoxItems Collection { get; }

property ToolBoxItems^ Collection {
    ToolBoxItems^ get ();
}

abstract Collection : ToolBoxItems with get

function get Collection () : ToolBoxItems

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.ToolBoxItems
A ToolBoxItems collection.

Examples

This example selects the second ToolBoxItem2 item and displays its name in a message box. The example also displays the name of each toolbox item contained in the second toolbox tab. For more information about how to run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
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)
    ToolBoxItemCollectionExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub ToolBoxItemCollectionExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    Dim tlBox As ToolBox
    Dim tbxTabs As ToolBoxTabs
    Dim tbxTab As ToolBoxTab2
    Dim tbxItem As ToolBoxItem2
    Dim aString As String = "All the toolbox items in the collection: _
    " & vbCr
    ' Before running this example, open a Windows Application project.
    Try
        ' Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object and
        ' its tabs.
        tlBox = CType(_applicationObject.Windows.Item _
         (Constants.vsWindowKindToolbox).Object, ToolBox)
        tbxTabs = tlBox.ToolBoxTabs
        ' Select the second ToolBox tab.
        tbxTab = CType(tbxTabs.Item(2), ToolBoxTab2)
        tbxTab.Activate()
        MsgBox("Toolbox tab name: " & tbxTab.Name)
        tbxItem = CType(tbxTab.ToolBoxItems.Item(2), ToolBoxItem2)
        MsgBox("ToolBox item name: " & tbxItem.Name)
        For Each temp As ToolBoxItem2 In tbxItem.Collection
            aString = aString & (temp.Name) & vbCr
        Next
        MsgBox(aString)
    Catch ex As System.Exception
        MsgBox("ERROR: " & ex.Message)
    End Try
End Sub

using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application, 
ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
    _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    ToolBoxItemExample(_applicationObject);
}
public void ToolBoxItemExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    ToolBox tlBox;
    ToolBoxTabs tbxTabs;
    ToolBoxTab2 tbxTab;
    ToolBoxItem2 tbxItem;
    String aString = "All the toolbox items in the collection:" + "\n";
    // Before running this example, open a Windows Application project
    // and select Toolbox from the View menu.
    try
    {
        // Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object
        // and its tabs.
        tlBox = (ToolBox)_applicationObject.Windows.Item
(Constants.vsWindowKindToolbox).Object;
        tbxTabs = tlBox.ToolBoxTabs;
        // Select the second Toolbox tab.
        tbxTab = (ToolBoxTab2)tbxTabs.Item(2);
        tbxTab.Activate();
        MessageBox.Show("Toolbox tab name: " + tbxTab.Name);
        tbxItem = (ToolBoxItem2)tbxTab.ToolBoxItems.Item(2);
        MessageBox.Show("ToolBox item name: " + tbxItem.Name);
        foreach (ToolBoxItem2 temp in tbxItem.Collection)
        {
            aString = aString + (temp.Name) + "\n";
        }
        MessageBox.Show(aString);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + 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

ToolBoxItem2 Interface

EnvDTE80 Namespace