ToolBoxTab3.Activate Method

Moves the focus to the current item.

Namespace:  EnvDTE90
Assembly:  EnvDTE90 (in EnvDTE90.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub Activate

void Activate()

void Activate()

abstract Activate : unit -> unit

function Activate()

Remarks

When Activate is invoked, it is as if the user clicked the item, but no click events occur.

Examples

This example adds a new item to a Toolbox tab, activates it, and then deletes it, if the user chooses to do so. For more information about how to run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Imports EnvDTE90
Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, _
 ByVal connectMode As ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, _
 ByRef custom As Array) Implements IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection
    _applicationObject = CType(application, DTE2)
    _addInInstance = CType(addInInst, AddIn)
    ActivateExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub ActivateExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    ' Add a new tab to the Toolbox.
    Dim box As ToolBox = dte.ToolWindows.ToolBox
    Dim tab As ToolBoxTab3 = CType(box.ToolBoxTabs.Add _
    ("Sample ToolBoxTab"),ToolBoxTab3)
    ' Add two ToolBoxItem objects to the new Toolbox tab.
    Dim item As ToolBoxItem = tab.ToolBoxItems.Add("Text Item", _
        "Hello, text item!")
    tab.ToolBoxItems.Add("HTML Item", "Hello, HTML item!", _
        vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatHTML)
    ' Select the "Text Item" ToolBox item.
    box.Parent.AutoHides = False
    box.Parent.Activate()
    tab.Activate()
    item.Select()
    If MsgBox("Delete the selected Toolbox item?", _
        MsgBoxStyle.YesNo) = MsgBoxResult.Yes Then
        item.Delete()
    End If
End Sub

using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;
using EnvDTE90;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application, 
ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
    _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    ActivateExample(_applicationObject);
}
public void ActivateExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // Add a new tab to the Toolbox.
    ToolBox box = dte.ToolWindows.ToolBox;
    ToolBoxTab3 tab = (ToolBoxTab3)box.ToolBoxTabs.Add
      ("Sample ToolBoxTab");
    // Add two ToolBoxItem objects to the new Toolbox tab.
    ToolBoxItem item = 
        tab.ToolBoxItems.Add("Text Item", "Hello, text item!",
        vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatText);
    tab.ToolBoxItems.Add("HTML Item", "Hello, HTML item!", 
        vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatHTML);
    // Select the "Text Item" ToolBox item.
    box.Parent.AutoHides = false;
    box.Parent.Activate();
    tab.Activate();
    item.Select();
    if (MessageBox.Show("Delete the selected ToolBox item?", "", 
        MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) == DialogResult.Yes)
        item.Delete();
}

.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

ToolBoxTab3 Interface

EnvDTE90 Namespace