SolutionConfiguration2.DTE Property

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Gets the top-level extensibility object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property DTE As DTE

DTE DTE { get; }

property DTE^ DTE {
    DTE^ get ();
}

abstract DTE : DTE

function get DTE () : DTE

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.DTE
A DTE object.

Implements

SolutionConfiguration.DTE

Remarks

In Visual Studio, the DTE object is the root of the automation model, which other object models often call "Application".

Examples

This example displays the active project's name, obtained through the DTE object, for the first item. Open a project in the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) before running this add-in.

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
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)
    SolutionConfigurationDTEExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub SolutionConfigurationDTEExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    Try
        Dim builder As SolutionBuild = _
        _applicationObject.Solution.SolutionBuild
        Dim config As SolutionConfiguration2
            config = CType(builder.SolutionConfigurations.Item(1) _
        , SolutionConfiguration2)
        MsgBox("The active solution project, obtained through the  _
        DTE object, is: "  _
        & config.DTE.ActiveSolutionProjects.ToString())
    Catch ex As System.Exception
        MsgBox(ex.ToString)
    End Try
End Sub

using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application, 
ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
    _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    SolutionConfigurationDTEExample(_applicationObject);
}
public void SolutionConfigurationDTEExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    try
    {
        SolutionBuild builder =
 _applicationObject.Solution.SolutionBuild;
        SolutionConfiguration2 config;
        config =
 (SolutionConfiguration2)builder.SolutionConfigurations.Item(1);
        MessageBox.Show("The active solution project, obtained through
 the DTE object, is: " + config.DTE.ActiveSolutionProjects.ToString());
    }
    catch(SystemException ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

SolutionConfiguration2 Interface

EnvDTE80 Namespace