_DTE Members
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The top-level object in the Visual Studio automation object model. Refer to _DTE for this functionality. Do not instantiate from this class.
The _DTE type exposes the following members.
Methods
Name
Description
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Executes the specified command.
Gets an interface or object that is late-bound to the DTE object and can be accessed by name at run time.
Runs a wizard with the supplied parameters.
Infrastructure. Microsoft Internal Use Only.
Closes the environment.
Returns the computed path to the satellite DLL when given the installation directory for an Add-in or wizard and the file name of the DLL containing localized resources.
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Properties
Name
Description
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Gets the active document.
Gets an array of currently selected projects.
Returns the currently active window, or the top-most window if no others are active.
Gets the AddIns collection, which contains all currently available Add-ins.
Infrastructure. Microsoft Internal Use Only.
Gets a reference to the development environment's CommandBars object.
Gets a string representing the command line arguments.
Returns the Commands collection.
Gets a ContextAttributes collection which allows automation clients to add new attributes to the current selected items in the Dynamic Help window and provide contextual help for the additional attributes.
Gets the debugger objects.
Gets the display mode, either MDI or Tabbed Documents.
Gets the collection of open documents in the development environment.
Gets the top-level extensibility object.
Gets a description of the edition of the environment.
Gets a reference to the Events object.
Infrastructure. Microsoft Internal Use Only.
Gets the Find object that represents global text find operations.
Gets the full path and name of the object's file.
Gets the Globals object that contains Add-in values that may be saved in the solution (.sln) file, the project file, or in the user's profile data.
Infrastructure. Microsoft Internal Use Only.
Gets the ItemOperations object.
Gets the ID of the locale in which the development environment is running.
Gets the Macros object.
Gets the root of the Macros IDE's automation model.
Gets a Window object representing the main development environment window.
Gets the mode of the development environment, either debug or design.
Sets or gets the name of the _DTE object.
Gets the ObjectExtenders object.
Returns a Properties collection representing all available categories and subcategories contained in the Options dialog box on the Tools menu.
Gets a string with the path to the root of the Visual Studio registry settings.
Gets a collection containing the items currently selected in the environment.
Gets the Solution object that represents all open projects in the current instance of the environment and allows access to the build objects.
Gets a SourceControl object that allows you to manipulate the source code control state of the file behind the object.
Gets the StatusBar object, representing the status bar on the main development environment window.
Gets or sets whether UI should be displayed during the execution of automation code.
Gets the global UndoContext object.
Sets or gets a value indicating whether the environment was launched by a user or by automation.
Gets the host application's version number.
Gets the WindowConfigurations collection, representing all available window configurations.
Gets a Windows collection containing the windows that display in the object.
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