HTMLWindow.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)
{
   // Make sure you have an open HTML document before running this example
    try
    {
        if (dte.ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Object is HTMLWindow)
        {
            HTMLWindow htmlwin;
            string msg = "";
            htmlwin = dte.ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Object as HTMLWindow;
            // Show the related application object's name.
            msg += "The application containing this HTMLWindow is " + htmlwin.DTE.Name;
            // Show the HTMLWindow's parent object.
            msg += "\nThe HTMLWindow's parent object is " + htmlwin.Parent.Type.ToString();
            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

HTMLWindow Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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