Configuration.Collection Property

Returns the collection containing the Configuration object supporting this property.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Collection As ConfigurationManager

ConfigurationManager Collection { get; }

property ConfigurationManager^ Collection {
    ConfigurationManager^ get ();
}

abstract Collection : ConfigurationManager

function get Collection () : ConfigurationManager

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.ConfigurationManager
A ConfigurationManager collection.

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte, AddIn addin)
{   // Make sure you have a solution loaded into Visual Studio
    // before running the following example.
    try
    {
        Project prj;
        Configuration config; 
        ConfigurationManager configmgr;
        if (dte.Solution.Projects.Count > 0)
        {
            prj = dte.Solution.Projects.Item(1);
            config = prj.ConfigurationManager.ActiveConfiguration;
            // Returning the Configuration type constant.
            MessageBox.Show(config.Type.ToString());
            // Returns the ConfigurationManager containing the active configuration.
            configmgr = config.Collection;
            // Returns the application containing this active configuration.
            MessageBox.Show(config.DTE.Name);
        }
    }
    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

Configuration Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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