CommandWindow.Parent Property
Definition
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Gets the immediate parent object of a given object.
public:
property EnvDTE::Window ^ Parent { EnvDTE::Window ^ get(); };
public:
property EnvDTE::Window ^ Parent { EnvDTE::Window ^ get(); };
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)]
public EnvDTE.Window Parent { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)] get; }
[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)>]
member this.Parent : EnvDTE.Window
Public ReadOnly Property Parent As Window
Property Value
A Window object.
- Attributes
Examples
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);
}
}
Remarks
The Parent property returns the immediate parent to the object or collection.