Projects.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 Projects 
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 project before running this sample
        Projects prjs = dte.Solution.Projects;
        string msg = "There are " + prjs.Count.ToString() + " projects in this collection.";
        msg += "\nThe application containing this Projects collection: " + prjs.DTE.Name;
        msg += "\nThe parent object of the Projects collection: " + prjs.Parent.Name;
        msg += "\nThe GUID representing the Projects type: " + prjs.Kind;
        if (prjs.Properties != null)
        {
            msg += "\nProperties:";
            foreach (Property prop in prjs.Properties)
            {
                msg += "\n   " + prop.Name;
            }
        }
        MessageBox.Show(msg, "Projects Collection");
    }
    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

Projects Interface

Projects Members

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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