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The top-level object in the Visual Studio automation object model. Use this object for functionality and refer to _DTE for this object’s documentation.
The DTE type exposes the following members.
Methods
Name
Description
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Executes the specified command. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets an interface or object that is late-bound to the DTE object and can be accessed by name at run time. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Runs a wizard with the supplied parameters. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Infrastructure. Microsoft Internal Use Only. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Closes the environment. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Returns the computed path to the satellite DLL when given the installation directory for an Add-in or wizard and the file name of the DLL containing localized resources. (Inherited from _DTE.)
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Properties
Name
Description
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Gets the active document. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets an array of currently selected projects. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Returns the currently active window, or the top-most window if no others are active. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the AddIns collection, which contains all currently available Add-ins. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Infrastructure. Microsoft Internal Use Only. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets a reference to the development environment's CommandBars object. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets a string representing the command line arguments. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Returns the Commands collection. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets a ContextAttributes collection which allows automation clients to add new attributes to the current selected items in the Dynamic Help window and provide contextual help for the additional attributes. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the debugger objects. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the display mode, either MDI or Tabbed Documents. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the collection of open documents in the development environment. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the top-level extensibility object. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets a description of the edition of the environment. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets a reference to the Events object. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Infrastructure. Microsoft Internal Use Only. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the Find object that represents global text find operations. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the full path and name of the object's file. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the Globals object that contains Add-in values that may be saved in the solution (.sln) file, the project file, or in the user's profile data. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Infrastructure. Microsoft Internal Use Only. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the ItemOperations object. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the ID of the locale in which the development environment is running. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the Macros object. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the root of the Macros IDE's automation model. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets a Window object representing the main development environment window. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the mode of the development environment, either debug or design. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Sets or gets the name of the _DTE object. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the ObjectExtenders object. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Returns a Properties collection representing all available categories and subcategories contained in the Options dialog box on the Tools menu. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets a string with the path to the root of the Visual Studio registry settings. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets a collection containing the items currently selected in the environment. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the Solution object that represents all open projects in the current instance of the environment and allows access to the build objects. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets a SourceControl object that allows you to manipulate the source code control state of the file behind the object. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the StatusBar object, representing the status bar on the main development environment window. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets or sets whether UI should be displayed during the execution of automation code. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the global UndoContext object. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Sets or gets a value indicating whether the environment was launched by a user or by automation. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the host application's version number. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets the WindowConfigurations collection, representing all available window configurations. (Inherited from _DTE.)
Gets a Windows collection containing the windows that display in the object. (Inherited from _DTE.)
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