Window.Object Property

Gets an object that can be accessed by name at run time.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Object As Object

'Usage
Dim instance As Window 
Dim value As Object 

value = instance.Object

Object Object { get; }

property Object^ Object {
    Object^ get ();
}

function get Object () : Object

Property Value

Type: System.Object
An object.

Remarks

Returns the extensibility object for the tool represented by the window.

Examples

Sub ObjectExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)

    ' Create a new text file and insert ten lines of text.
    dte.ItemOperations.NewFile()
    Dim textDoc As TextDocument = _
        CType(dte.ActiveDocument.Object(), TextDocument)
    Dim editPnt As EditPoint = textDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint()
    Dim i As Integer
    For i = 1 To 10
        editPnt.Insert("Line " & i.ToString() & vbCrLf)
    Next

    If MsgBox("Reverse the order of the lines?", MsgBoxStyle.YesNo) = _
        MsgBoxResult.Yes Then
        Dim textSel As TextSelection = textDoc.Selection

        ' Position insertion point at beginning of "Line 2".
        textSel.StartOfDocument()
        textSel.LineDown()

        ' Reverse the order of the lines by cutting "Line 2" and
        ' pasting it at the start of the document, then cutting
        ' "Line 3" and pasting it at the start of the document,
        ' and so on.
        For i = 1 To 9
            textSel.LineDown(True)
            textSel.Cut()
            editPnt.StartOfDocument()
            editPnt.Paste()
        Next
    End If

End Sub

public void ObjectExample (DTE2 dte)
{
    // Create a new text file and insert ten lines of text.
    dte.ItemOperations.NewFile(@"General\Text File", "", 
        Constants.vsViewKindPrimary);
    TextDocument textDoc = 
        (TextDocument)dte.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument");
    EditPoint editPnt = textDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint();
    
    for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i+)
        editPnt.Insert("Line " + i.ToString() + "\n");

    if (MessageBox.Show("Reverse the order of the lines?", "", 
        MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) == DialogResult.Yes)
    {
        TextSelection textSel = textDoc.Selection;

        // Position insertion point at the beginning of "Line 2".
        textSel.StartOfDocument(false);
        textSel.LineDown(false, 1);

        // Reverse the order of the lines by cutting "Line 2" and
        // pasting it at the start of the document, then cutting
        // "Line 3" and pasting it at the start of the document,
        // and so on.
        for (int i = 1; i <= 9; i+)
        {
            textSel.LineDown(true, 1);
            textSel.Cut();
            editPnt.StartOfDocument();
            editPnt.Paste();
        }
    }
}

.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

Window Interface

Window Members

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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