WindowConfiguration Interface

The WindowConfiguration object represents the layout and configuration of all windows in the Visual Studio environment.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("41D02413-8A67-4C28-A980-AD7539ED415D")> _
Public Interface WindowConfiguration

[GuidAttribute("41D02413-8A67-4C28-A980-AD7539ED415D")]
public interface WindowConfiguration

[GuidAttribute(L"41D02413-8A67-4C28-A980-AD7539ED415D")]
public interface class WindowConfiguration

[<GuidAttribute("41D02413-8A67-4C28-A980-AD7539ED415D")>]
type WindowConfiguration =  interface end

public interface WindowConfiguration

The WindowConfiguration type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Collection	Gets the collection containing the object supporting this property or contained within this code construct.
	DTE	Gets the top-level extensibility object.
	Name	Sets or gets the name of the object.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Apply	Invokes a previously saved named window configuration.
	Delete	Removes the window configuration from the collection.
	Update	Updates the collection as if the user opened the Add-in Manager dialog box, or sets the object's window layout to the current window layout.

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Remarks

You can save your current window layout in the Visual Studio environment as a named window configuration. The WindowConfiguration object represents this configuration, which you can later recall by using the Apply method.

Examples

Sub WinConfigExample1(ByVal dte As DTE)
    ' This example lists all currently available named window 
    ' configurations.
    ' Set references to all necessary objects.
    Dim colWinConfig As WindowConfigurations
    Dim objWinConfig As WindowConfiguration

    colWinConfig = dte.WindowConfigurations

    MsgBox("Number of configurations: " & colWinConfig.Count)
    ' List all saved named window configurations.
    FillMsg(colWinConfig)
    ' Create a new window configuration.
    objWinConfig = colWinConfig.Add("NewLayout")
    FillMsg(colWinConfig)
    ' Get rid of the new window configuration.
    objWinConfig.Delete()
    MsgBox("Number of configurations: " & colWinConfig.Count)
    FillMsg(colWinConfig)
End Sub

Sub FillMsg(ByVal colWinConfig As Object)
    ' Lists all currently available named window configurations.
    Dim lCtr As Integer
    Dim strMsg As String

    For lCtr = 1 To colWinConfig.Count
    strMsg = strMsg & "Configuration name " & lCtr & ": " & _
    colWinConfig.Item(lCtr).Name & vbCr
    Next lCtr
    strMsg = "Current Configurations: " & vbCr & strMsg
    MsgBox(strMsg)
End Sub

void WinConfigExample1(_DTE dte)
{
// Set references to all necessary objects.
    WindowConfigurations colWinConfig; 
    WindowConfiguration objWinConfig;

    colWinConfig = dte.WindowConfigurations;

    MessageBox.Show("Number of configurations: " + 
        colWinConfig.Count);

    // List all saved named window configurations.
    FillMsg(colWinConfig);
    //Create a new window configuration.
    objWinConfig = colWinConfig.Add("NewLayout");
    FillMsg(colWinConfig);
    // Get rid of the new window configuration.
    objWinConfig.Delete();
    MessageBox.Show("Number of configurations: " + colWinConfig.Count);
    FillMsg(colWinConfig);
}

void FillMsg(WindowConfigurations colWinConfig )
{
      // Lists all currently available named window configurations.
    int lCtr;
    string strMsg = null;

    for (lCtr = 1; lCtr < colWinConfig.Count + 1; lCtr ++)
    {
        strMsg = strMsg + "Configuration name " + lCtr + ": " + 
            colWinConfig.Item(lCtr).Name + "\n"; 
    }
    strMsg = "Current Configurations: \n" + strMsg;
    MessageBox.Show(strMsg);
}

See Also

Reference

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

WindowConfiguration Creation Example

WindowConfiguration Selection Example