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Configurations.DTE Property

Gets the top-level extensibility object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property DTE As DTE
'Usage
Dim instance As Configurations 
Dim value As DTE 

value = instance.DTE
DTE DTE { get; }
property DTE^ DTE {
    DTE^ get ();
}
function get DTE () : DTE

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.DTE
A DTE object.

Remarks

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

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte, AddIn addin)
{   
    try
    {   // Make sure you have a solution loaded into Visual Studio
        // before running the following example. Make sure the "Any 
        // CPU" option is marked in the Configuration Manager dialog box.
        Configurations configs = null;
        if (dte.Solution.Projects.Count > 0)
        {
            configs = dte.Solution.Projects.Item(1).ConfigurationManager.Platform("Any CPU");
            // Show the name of the application containing this collection.
            MessageBox.Show(configs.DTE.Name);
        }
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Configurations Interface

Configurations Members

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples