Thread.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 Thread 
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

The following example demonstrates how to use the DTE property.

To test this property:

1. Set the breakpoint inside the worker thread callback method.

2. Run the target application in the debug mode.

3. When the application stops on the breakpoint, run the add-in.

public static void TestThreadProperties(DTE dte)
{
    // Setup debug Output window.
    Window w = (Window)dte.Windows.Item(EnvDTE.Constants.vsWindowKindOutput);
    w.Visible = true;
    OutputWindow ow = (OutputWindow)w.Object;
    OutputWindowPane owp = ow.OutputWindowPanes.Add("Thread Test");
    owp.Activate();

    EnvDTE.Threads threads = dte.Debugger.CurrentProgram.Threads;
    owp.OutputString("\nNumber of items in the Thread collection: " + 
                     threads.Item(1).Collection.Count + "\n");
    foreach(EnvDTE.Thread thread in threads)
    {
        owp.OutputString("\nThread: " + thread.ID + "  Name: " + thread.Name);
        owp.OutputString("\n  Edition of the environment : " + thread.DTE.Edition);
        owp.OutputString("\n  Is alive                   : " + thread.IsAlive);
        owp.OutputString("\n  Is frozen                  : " + thread.IsFrozen);
        owp.OutputString("\n  Location                   : " + thread.Location);
        owp.OutputString("\n  Parent's current mode      : " + thread.Parent.CurrentMode);
        owp.OutputString("\n  Priority                   : " + thread.Priority);
        owp.OutputString("\n  Program name               : " + thread.Program.Name);
        owp.OutputString("\n  Number of stack frames     : " + thread.StackFrames.Count);
        owp.OutputString("\n  Suspended number of times  : " + thread.SuspendCount);
    }
}

Shared Sub ThreadProperties(ByRef dte As EnvDTE.DTE)
    Dim str As String
    Dim threads As EnvDTE.Threads = dte.Debugger.CurrentProgram.Threads
    str = "Number of items in the Thread collection: " + _
          threads.Item(1).Collection.Count.ToString()
    For Each thread As EnvDTE.Thread In threads
        str += vbCrLf + vbCrLf + "  Thread: " + thread.ID.ToString()
        str += vbCrLf + "    Edition of the environment: " + thread.DTE.Edition
        str += vbCrLf + "    Is alive: " + thread.IsAlive.ToString()
        str += vbCrLf + "    Is frozen: " + thread.IsFrozen.ToString()
        str += vbCrLf + "    Location: " + thread.Location
        str += vbCrLf + "    Parent's current mode: " + _
               thread.Parent.CurrentMode.ToString()
        str += vbCrLf + "    Priority: " + thread.Priority
        str += vbCrLf + "    Program name: " + thread.Program.Name
        str += vbCrLf + "    Number of stack frames: " + _
               thread.StackFrames.Count.ToString()
        str += vbCrLf + "    Suspended number of times: " + _
               thread.SuspendCount.ToString()
    Next
    MessageBox.Show(str, "Thread Test - Properties")
End Sub

.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

Thread Interface

Thread Members

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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