ToolBoxTab3 Interface
Represents a tab in the Toolbox, along with any objects the tab contains. ToolBoxTab3 supersedes the ToolBoxTab and ToolBoxTab2 interfaces.
Namespace: EnvDTE90
Assembly: EnvDTE90 (in EnvDTE90.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("09D8476F-E6BF-46FB-A0A9-61C331B90F06")> _
Public Interface ToolBoxTab3 _
Inherits ToolBoxTab2
'Usage
Dim instance As ToolBoxTab3
[GuidAttribute("09D8476F-E6BF-46FB-A0A9-61C331B90F06")]
public interface ToolBoxTab3 : ToolBoxTab2
[GuidAttribute(L"09D8476F-E6BF-46FB-A0A9-61C331B90F06")]
public interface class ToolBoxTab3 : ToolBoxTab2
public interface ToolBoxTab3 extends ToolBoxTab2
Examples
This example selects and activates the first ToolBoxTab3 item and displays its name in a message box. For more information about how to run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.
Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Imports EnvDTE90
Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, _
ByVal connectMode As ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, _
ByRef custom As Array) Implements IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection
_applicationObject = CType(application, DTE2)
_addInInstance = CType(addInInst, AddIn)
ToolBoxTabExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub ToolBoxTabExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
Dim tlBox As ToolBox
Dim tbxTabs As ToolBoxTabs
Dim tbxTab As ToolBoxTab3
Dim tbxItem As ToolBoxItem
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), ToolBoxTab3)
MsgBox(tbxTab.Name)
tbxTab.Activate()
tbxItem = tbxTab.ToolBoxItems.Item(1)
MsgBox("Toolbox item name: " & tbxItem.Name)
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 OnConnection(object application,
ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
_applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
_addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
ToolBoxTabExample(_applicationObject);
}
public void ToolBoxTabExample(DTE2 dte)
{
ToolBox tlBox;
ToolBoxTabs tbxTabs;
ToolBoxTab3 tbxTab;
ToolBoxItem tbxItem;
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 = (ToolBoxTab3)tbxTabs.Item(1);
MessageBox.Show("The name of the first Toolbox tab is: "
+ tbxTab.Name);
tbxTab.Activate();
tbxItem = tbxTab.ToolBoxItems.Item(1);
MessageBox.Show("Toolbox item name: " + tbxItem.Name);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + ex.Message);
}
}