Process2 Interface

The Process2 object is used to examine and manipulate processes. The Process2 object supersedes the Process object.

Namespace:  EnvDTE80
Assembly:  EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("95AC1923-6EAA-427C-B43E-6274A8CA6C95")> _
Public Interface Process2 _
    Inherits Process

[GuidAttribute("95AC1923-6EAA-427C-B43E-6274A8CA6C95")]
public interface Process2 : Process

[GuidAttribute(L"95AC1923-6EAA-427C-B43E-6274A8CA6C95")]
public interface class Process2 : Process

[<GuidAttribute("95AC1923-6EAA-427C-B43E-6274A8CA6C95")>]
type Process2 =  
    interface
        interface Process
    end

public interface Process2 extends Process

The Process2 type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Collection	Gets the collection containing the object supporting this property or contained within this code construct.
	DTE	Gets the top-level extensibility object.
	IsBeingDebugged	Gets a value indicating if the program is being debugged.
	Name	Gets the name of the process.
	Parent	Gets the immediate parent object of a Process2 object.
	ProcessID	Gets the ID number assigned to this process.
	Programs	Gets a collection of Program objects.
	Threads	Gets a collection of Thread objects.
	Transport	Gets the Transport being used to debug this process.
	TransportQualifier	A computer name or an IP address.
	UserName

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Attach	Causes the debugger to attach this process.
	Attach2	Similar to Attach, causes the debugger to attach this process, only it allows you to specify an engine or set of engines.
	Break	Causes the given process to pause its execution so that its current state can be analyzed.
	Detach	Causes the debugger to detach from this process.
	Terminate	Terminates this process.

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Examples

' Macro code.
Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.ControlChars

Public Module Module1

    Sub NativeAttachToLocalCalc()
        Dim dbg2 As EnvDTE80.Debugger2
        dbg2 = DTE.Debugger

        Dim attached As Boolean = False
        Dim proc As EnvDTE80.Process2
        For Each proc In DTE.Debugger.LocalProcesses
            If (Right(proc.Name, 8) = "calc.exe") Then
                proc.Attach2("native")
                attached = True
                Exit For
            End If
        Next

        If attached = False Then
            If attached = False Then
                MsgBox("calc.exe isn't running")
            End If
        End If
    End Sub
End Module

See Also

Reference

EnvDTE80 Namespace

Process

Other Resources

Automation Object Model Chart