Properties.Parent Property

Definition

Namespace:

EnvDTE

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.12.40391

Gets the immediate parent object of a Properties collection.

public:
 property System::Object ^ Parent { System::Object ^ get(); };

public:
 property Platform::Object ^ Parent { Platform::Object ^ get(); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)]
public object Parent { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)] get; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)>]
member this.Parent : obj

Public ReadOnly Property Parent As Object

Property Value

Object

An object.

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte)  
{    
    try  
    {   // Open a solution before running this example  
        Properties props = dte.Solution.Properties;  
        Property prop;  
        string msg;  
        msg = "How many properties are there in the current solution: " + props.Count.ToString();  
        msg += "\nThe application containing this Properties collection is " + props.DTE.Name;  
        msg += "\nThe parent object of the Properties collection is a " + ((Solution)props.Parent).FullName;  
        msg += "\nThe application property returns : " + ((DTE2)props.Application).Name;  
        if (props.Count > 0)  
        {  
            prop = props.Item(1);  
            msg += "\nThe first Property in the Properties collection is " + prop.Name;  
        }  
        MessageBox.Show(msg);  
    }  
    catch(Exception ex)  
    {  
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);  
    }  
}  

Remarks

The Parent property returns the immediate parent to the Properties collection.