Property.DTE Property

Gets the top-level extensibility object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property DTE As DTE

DTE DTE { get; }

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

abstract DTE : DTE with 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 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

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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