Property.Collection Property

Gets the Collection containing the Property object supporting this property.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Collection As Properties

'Usage
Dim instance As [Property]
Dim value As Properties 

value = instance.Collection

Properties Collection { get; }

property Properties^ Collection {
    Properties^ get ();
}

function get Collection () : Properties

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.Properties
A Properties collection.

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte)
{  
    try
    {   // Open a solution before running this example
        Properties props = dte.Solution.Properties;
        Property prop;
        string msg = "";
        if (props.Count > 0)
        {
            prop = props.Item(1); // Get first property
            msg += "\nThis Property is named: " + prop.Name;
            msg += "\nThis Property is located in a collection within         
            the following solution: " + 
            ((Solution)prop.Collection.Parent).FullName;
            if (prop.Parent.Equals(prop.Collection))
                msg += "\nThe parent and collection properties return 
                the same object.";
            msg += "\nThe DTE property returns: " + prop.DTE.Name;
        }
        MessageBox.Show(msg, "Property Object");
    }
    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

Property Interface

Property Members

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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