Properties.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 Properties 
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 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);
    }
}

.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

Properties Interface

Properties Members

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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