LinkedWindows.DTE Property

Gets the top-level extensibility object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property DTE As DTE

DTE DTE { get; }

property DTE^ DTE {
    DTE^ get ();
}

abstract DTE : DTE with get

function get DTE () : DTE

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.DTE
A DTE object.

Remarks

In Visual Studio, the DTE object is the root of the automation model, which other object models often call "Application."

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte, AddIn addin)
{  
    try
    {
        LinkedWindows lnkwin;
        Window frame;
        Window w1 = dte.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindSolutionExplorer);
        Window w2 = dte.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindOutput);
        Window w3 = dte.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindCommandWindow);
        // Create a linked window frame and dock Solution Explorer.
        frame = dte.Windows.CreateLinkedWindowFrame(w1, w2, vsLinkedWindowType.vsLinkedWindowTypeDocked);
        lnkwin = frame.LinkedWindows;
        string msg = "";
        msg += "The application that contains this LinkedWindows collection is " + lnkwin.DTE.Name;
        msg += "\nThe parent object of this LinkedWindows collection is " + lnkwin.Parent.Caption;
        MessageBox.Show(msg);
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(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

LinkedWindows Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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