SelectedItem.DTE Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: EnvDTE

Assembly:: EnvDTE.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

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Gets the top-level extensibility object.

public:
 property EnvDTE::DTE ^ DTE { EnvDTE::DTE ^ get(); };

public:
 property EnvDTE::DTE ^ DTE { EnvDTE::DTE ^ get(); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)]
public EnvDTE.DTE DTE { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)] get; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)>]
member this.DTE : EnvDTE.DTE

Public ReadOnly Property DTE As DTE

Property Value

DTE

A DTE object.

Attributes: DispIdAttribute

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte)  
{    
    try  
    {  
        // Open project and select one or more items in the  
        // solution explorer before running this example.  
        SelectedItem selItem;  
        string msg = "";  
        if (dte.SelectedItems.Count > 0)  
        {  
            selItem = dte.SelectedItems.Item(1);  
            msg = "The first selected item is " + selItem.Name;  
            msg += "\nThis SelectedItem corresponds to the following ProjectItem: " + selItem.ProjectItem.Name;  
            msg += "\nThis SelectedItem is part of a collection of " + selItem.Collection.Count.ToString() + " items.";  
            msg += "\nThis is contained in the following application: " + selItem.DTE.Name;  
        }  
        MessageBox.Show(msg);  
    }  
    catch(Exception ex)  
    {  
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);  
    }  
}

Remarks

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

Applies to