ToolBoxItem2.Data Property
Gets an object containing the IDataObject of the ToolBoxItem on the tool box.
Namespace: EnvDTE80
Assembly: EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Data As Object
Object Data { get; }
property Object^ Data {
Object^ get ();
}
abstract Data : Object with get
function get Data () : Object
Property Value
Type: System.Object
An object containing the data a tool box item contains.
Examples
This example selects the second ToolBoxItem2 item and displays its name in a message box. The example also displays assembly information obtained through the ToolBoxItem2.Data object. 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)
ToolBoxItemDataExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub ToolBoxItemDataExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
Dim tlBox As ToolBox
Dim tbxTabs As ToolBoxTabs
Dim tbxTab As ToolBoxTab2
Dim tbxItem As ToolBoxItem2
' Before running this example, open a Windows Application project.
Try
' Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object and
' its tabs.
tlBox = CType(_applicationObject.Windows.Item _
(Constants.vsWindowKindToolbox).Object, ToolBox)
tbxTabs = tlBox.ToolBoxTabs
' Select the second ToolBox tab.
tbxTab = CType(tbxTabs.Item(2), ToolBoxTab2)
tbxTab.Activate()
MsgBox("Toolbox tab name: " & tbxTab.Name)
tbxItem = CType(tbxTab.ToolBoxItems.Item(2), ToolBoxItem2)
MsgBox("Toolbox item name: " & tbxItem.Name)
MsgBox(tbxItem.Name & "'s Assembly type, obtained through _
the Data object:" & vbCr _
& tbxItem.Data.GetType.Assembly.ToString())
Catch ex As System.Exception
MsgBox("ERROR: " & ex.Message)
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;
ToolBoxItemDataExample(_applicationObject);
}
public void ToolBoxItemDataExample(DTE2 dte)
{
ToolBox tlBox;
ToolBoxTabs tbxTabs;
ToolBoxTab2 tbxTab;
ToolBoxItem2 tbxItem;
// Before running this example, open a Windows Application project
// and select Toolbox from the View menu.
try
{
// Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object
// and its tabs.
tlBox = (ToolBox)_applicationObject.Windows.Item
(Constants.vsWindowKindToolbox).Object;
tbxTabs = tlBox.ToolBoxTabs;
// Select the second Toolbox tab.
tbxTab = (ToolBoxTab2)tbxTabs.Item(2);
tbxTab.Activate();
MessageBox.Show("Toolbox tab name: " + tbxTab.Name);
tbxItem = (ToolBoxItem2)tbxTab.ToolBoxItems.Item(2);
MessageBox.Show("Toolbox item name: " + tbxItem.Name);
MessageBox.Show(tbxItem.Name + "'s Assembly type,
obtained through the Data object:" + "\n"
+ tbxItem.Data.GetType().Assembly.ToString());
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + 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.