AddIns.Item Method

Returns an AddIn object in an AddIns collection.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function Item ( _
    index As Object _
) As AddIn

AddIn Item(
    Object index
)

AddIn^ Item(
    [InAttribute] Object^ index
)

abstract Item : 
        index:Object -> AddIn

function Item(
    index : Object
) : AddIn

Parameters

• index
  Type: System.Object

  Required. The index of the AddIn object to return.

Return Value

Type: EnvDTE.AddIn
A AddIn object.

Remarks

The Item method throws an ArgumentException exception if the collection cannot find the object that corresponds to the index value.

Examples

public void Example(DTE2 dte, AddIn addin)
{
   try
   {
      AddIns addins = addin.Collection;
      int c = addins.Count;
      if (c > 0) // there is an addin
         // Display the first (0) addins name
         MessageBox.Show(addins.Item(1).Name);
      // Show the addins top-level extensibility.
      MessageBox.Show(addins.DTE.Name);
   }
   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

AddIns Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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