OutputGroups.Parent Property

Gets the immediate parent object of an OutputGroups collection.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Parent As Configuration

Configuration Parent { get; }

property Configuration^ Parent {
    Configuration^ get ();
}

abstract Parent : Configuration

function get Parent () : Configuration

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.Configuration
A Configuration object.

Remarks

The Parent property returns the immediate parent to the object or collection.

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte)
{  
    try
    {
        // Open a project before running this example.
        Project proj = dte.Solution.Projects.Item(1);
        OutputGroups groups = proj.ConfigurationManager.ActiveConfiguration.OutputGroups;
        int c = 1;
        int x = 0;
        string msg;
        // Find the last outputgroup with at least one file.
        foreach (OutputGroup grp in groups)
        {
            x++;
            if (grp.FileCount > 0)
                c = x;
        }
        OutputGroup group = groups.Item(c);
        msg = "The " + c + "/" + groups.Count + " item in the OutputGroups groups collection is " +
            group.DisplayName;
        msg += "\nThe parent of the collection is the Configuration: " + groups.Parent.ConfigurationName;
        msg += "\nThe application containing this collection is: " + groups.DTE.Name;
        MessageBox.Show(msg);
    }
    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

OutputGroups Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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