SelectedItem.DTE Property

Gets the top-level extensibility object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property DTE As DTE

DTE DTE { get; }

property DTE^ DTE {
    DTE^ get ();
}

abstract DTE : DTE

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)
{  
    try
    {
        // Open project and select one or more items in the
        // solution explorer before running this example.
        SelectedItem selItem;
        string msg = "";
        if (dte.SelectedItems.Count > 0)
        {
            selItem = dte.SelectedItems.Item(1);
            msg = "The first selected item is " + selItem.Name;
            msg += "\nThis SelectedItem corresponds to the following ProjectItem: " + selItem.ProjectItem.Name;
            msg += "\nThis SelectedItem is part of a collection of " + selItem.Collection.Count.ToString() + " items.";
            msg += "\nThis is contained in the following application: " + selItem.DTE.Name;
        }
        MessageBox.Show(msg);
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.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

SelectedItem Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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