Globals.VariableNames Property

Gets a list of all current global variable names.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property VariableNames As Object

Object VariableNames { get; }

property Object^ VariableNames {
    Object^ get ();
}

abstract VariableNames : Object with get

function get VariableNames () : Object

Property Value

Type: System.Object
An object representing all of the current global variable names.

Examples

Sub OnAddinLoaded(ByVal dte As DTE)
    ' Count the number of times an add-in is loaded
    ' and store the value in the solution.
    Dim globals As Globals
    globals = dte.Solution.Globals
    If globals.VariableExists("AddinLoadCounter") Then
        ' The counter has already been set, so increment it.
        Dim int32 As System.Int32
        int32 = System.Int32.Parse(CStr(globals("AddinLoadCounter")))
        int32 += 1
        globals("AddinLoadCounter") = int32.ToString()
    Else
        ' Counter has never been set, so create and initialize it.
        globals("AddinLoadCounter") = 1.ToString()
        globals.VariablePersists("AddinLoadCounter") = True
    End If
    MsgBox("This add-in has been loaded: " & _
    globals.VariableValue("AddinLoadCounter") & " times.")
End Sub

void OnAddinLoaded(_DTE applicationObject)
{
    // Count the number of times an add-in is loaded
    // and store the value in the solution.
    Globals globals;
    globals = applicationObject.Solution.Globals;
    if(globals.get_VariableExists("AddinLoadCounter"))
    {
        // The counter has already been set, so increment it.
        System.Int32 int32;
        int32 = System.Int32.Parse((string)
        globals["AddinLoadCounter"]);
        int32++;
        globals["AddinLoadCounter"] = int32.ToString();
    }
    else
    {
        // Counter has never been set, so create and initialize it.
        globals["AddinLoadCounter"] = 1.ToString();
        globals.set_VariablePersists("AddinLoadCounter", true);
    }
    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("This add-in has been loaded: 
    " + globals.VariableValue["AddinLoadCounter"] + " times.");
}

.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

Globals Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

Persisting Information in Projects and Solutions

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