CodeEvent.Language Property

Definition

Namespace:

EnvDTE80

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.12.40391

Gets the programming language used to author the code.

public:
 property System::String ^ Language { System::String ^ get(); };

public:
 property Platform::String ^ Language { Platform::String ^ get(); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(9)]
public string Language { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(9)] [System.Runtime.InteropServices.TypeLibFunc(1024)] get; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(9)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(9)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.TypeLibFunc(1024)>]
member this.Language : string

Public ReadOnly Property Language As String

Property Value

String

A string containing one of the CodeModelLanguageConstants values.

Attributes

DispIdAttribute TypeLibFuncAttribute

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the Language property.

public static void Language(EnvDTE80.DTE2 dte)  
{  
    TextSelection objTextSel;  
    EnvDTE80.CodeEvent codeEvent;  
    objTextSel = (TextSelection)dte.ActiveDocument.Selection;  
    codeEvent = (EnvDTE80.CodeEvent)objTextSel.ActivePoint.get_CodeElement(vsCMElement.vsCMElementEvent);  

    MessageBox.Show("\nLanguage property: " +  
                    codeEvent.Language, "Testing CodeEvent");  
}  

Remarks

Note

The values of code model elements such as classes, structs, functions, attributes, delegates, and so forth can be non-deterministic after making certain kinds of edits, meaning that their values cannot be relied upon to always remain the same.