OutputGroups.DTE Property

Gets the top-level extensibility object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property DTE As DTE

'Usage
Dim instance As OutputGroups 
Dim value As DTE 

value = instance.DTE

DTE DTE { get; }

property DTE^ DTE {
    DTE^ 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)
{  
    try
    {
        // Open a project before running this example.
        Project proj = dte.Solution.Projects.Item(1);
        OutputGroups groups = proj.ConfigurationManager.ActiveConfiguration.OutputGroups;
        int c = 1;
        int x = 0;
        string msg;
        // Find the last outputgroup with at least one file.
        foreach (OutputGroup grp in groups)
        {
            x++;
            if (grp.FileCount > 0)
                c = x;
        }
        OutputGroup group = groups.Item(c);
        msg = "The " + c + "/" + groups.Count + " item in the OutputGroups groups collection is " +
            group.DisplayName;
        msg += "\nThe parent of the collection is the Configuration: " + groups.Parent.ConfigurationName;
        msg += "\nThe application containing this collection is: " + groups.DTE.Name;
        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

OutputGroups Interface

OutputGroups Members

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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