ToolBoxTab3.UniqueID Property

Definition

Namespace:

EnvDTE90

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.12.40391

Sets or gets a unique ID for the specified tab.

public:
 property System::String ^ UniqueID { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public:
 property Platform::String ^ UniqueID { Platform::String ^ get(); void set(Platform::String ^ value); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(9)]
public string UniqueID { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(9)] get; [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(9)] set; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(9)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(9)>]
[<set: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(9)>]
member this.UniqueID : string with get, set

Public Property UniqueID As String

Property Value

String

A unique ID string for the tab.

Implements

UniqueID

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

Examples

This example selects and activates the first ToolBoxTab3 item and displays its name and unique name in a message box.

Imports EnvDTE  
Imports EnvDTE80  
Imports EnvDTE90  
Sub ToolBoxTabUniqueIDExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)  
    Dim tlBox As ToolBox  
    Dim tbxTabs As ToolBoxTabs  
    Dim tbxTab As ToolBoxTab3  
    Try  
        ' Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object and  
        ' its tabs.  
        tlBox = CType(_applicationObject.Windows.Item _  
          (Constants.vsWindowKindToolbox).Object, ToolBox)  
        tbxTabs = tlBox.ToolBoxTabs  
        ' Select the first Toolbox tab.  
        tbxTab = CType(tbxTabs.Item(1), ToolBoxTab2)  
        MsgBox(tbxTab.Name)  
        tbxTab.Activate()  
        MsgBox("The unique ID of the Toolbox tab: "  _  
        & tbxTab.Name & " is " & tbxTab.UniqueID)  
    Catch ex As System.Exception  
        MsgBox("ERROR: " & ex.Message)  
    End Try  
End Sub  

using EnvDTE;  
using EnvDTE80;  
using EnvDTE90;  
using System.Windows.Forms;  
public void ToolBoxTabUniqueIDExample(DTE2 dte)  
{  
    ToolBox tlBox;  
    ToolBoxTabs tbxTabs;  
    ToolBoxTab3 tbxTab;  
    try  
    {  
        // Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object and  
        // its tabs.  
        tlBox = (ToolBox)_applicationObject.Windows.Item  
          (Constants.vsWindowKindToolbox).Object;  
        tbxTabs = tlBox.ToolBoxTabs;  
        // Select the first Toolbox tab.  
        tbxTab = (ToolBoxTab2)tbxTabs.Item(1);  
        MessageBox.Show("The name of the selected Toolbox tab is: "   
          + tbxTab.Name);  
        tbxTab.Activate();  
        MessageBox.Show("The unique ID of the Toolbox tab: "   
          + tbxTab.Name + " is " + tbxTab.UniqueID);  
    }  
    catch (Exception ex)  
    {  
        MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + ex.Message);  
    }  
}