CommandWindow.DTE Property
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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(1)]
public EnvDTE.DTE DTE { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(1)] get; }
[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(1)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(1)>]
member this.DTE : EnvDTE.DTE
Public ReadOnly Property DTE As DTE
A DTE object.
- Attributes
public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte, AddIn addin)
{
try
{
// Get a reference to a Command window.
Window win = dte.Windows.Item(EnvDTE.Constants.vsWindowKindCommandWindow);
CommandWindow cmdWin = (CommandWindow)win.Object;
// Add some text to the window.
cmdWin.OutputString("This is a line of text in the CommandWindow TextDocument");
// Return the contents of the TextDocument and display them.
TextDocument txtDoc = cmdWin.TextDocument;
TextSelection txtSel = txtDoc.Selection;
TextRanges txtRanges = txtSel.TextRanges;
// Show text in textdocument.
foreach (TextRange txtRange in txtRanges)
{
txtRange.StartPoint.StartOfDocument();
MessageBox.Show(txtRange.StartPoint.GetText(txtRange.EndPoint));
}
// Show the CommandWindow's parent object's caption property
MessageBox.Show("The Parent window's caption: " + cmdWin.Parent.Caption);
// Show the application object containing the CommandWindow.
MessageBox.Show(cmdWin.DTE.Name);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
In Visual Studio, the DTE object is the root of the automation model, which other object models often call "Application."