VCPlatform.Tools Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll

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Gets the available tools for the platform.

public:
 property System::Object ^ Tools { System::Object ^ get(); };

public:
 property Platform::Object ^ Tools { Platform::Object ^ get(); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2506)]
public object Tools { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2506)] get; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2506)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2506)>]
member this.Tools : obj

Public ReadOnly Property Tools As Object

Property Value

Object

The available tools for the platform.

Attributes: DispIdAttribute

Examples

The following example uses the Tools property in the integrated development environment (IDE):

' add reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine  
Imports EnvDTE  
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine  

Public Module Module1  
    Sub Test()  
        Dim prj As VCProject  
        Dim cfgs, tools As IVCCollection  
        Dim cfg As VCConfiguration  
        Dim plat As VCPlatform  
        prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object  
        cfgs = prj.Configurations  
        cfg = cfgs.Item(1)  
        plat = cfg.Platform  
        tools = plat.Tools  
        MsgBox(tools.Item(1).ToolName)  
    End Sub  
End Module

Remarks

See How to: Compile Example Code for Project Model Extensibility for information about how to compile and run this example.

Applies to