SolutionConfiguration2.Activate Method

Moves the focus to the current item.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub Activate

'Usage
Dim instance As SolutionConfiguration2

instance.Activate()

void Activate()

void Activate()

function Activate()

Implements

SolutionConfiguration.Activate()

Remarks

When Activate is invoked, it is as if the user clicked the item, but no click events occur.

Examples

This example displays the active solution configuration item's name for the first item and then activates it. 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)
    SolutionConfigurationActivateExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub SolutionConfigurationActivateExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    ' Open a solution in the Visual Studio IDE
    ' before running this example.
    Try
        Dim builder As SolutionBuild = _
        _applicationObject.Solution.SolutionBuild
        Dim config As SolutionConfiguration2
        config = CType(builder.SolutionConfigurations.Item(1) _
        , SolutionConfiguration2)
        MsgBox("The first solution configuration item's name in  _
        the collection is: " & config.Collection.Item(1).Name)
        MsgBox("Activating the solution configuration item...")
        config.Activate()
    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;
    SolutionConfigurationActivateExample(_applicationObject);
}
public void SolutionConfigurationActivateExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    try
    {
        SolutionBuild builder = 
_applicationObject.Solution.SolutionBuild;
        SolutionConfiguration2 config;
        config = 
(SolutionConfiguration2)builder.SolutionConfigurations.Item(1);
        MessageBox.Show("The first solution configuration item's 
name in the collection is: " + config.Collection.Item(1).Name);
        MessageBox.Show("Activating the solution configuration...");
        config.Activate();
    }
    catch(SystemException ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

SolutionConfiguration2 Interface

SolutionConfiguration2 Members

Activate Overload

EnvDTE80 Namespace