Windows Interface

Definition

Namespace:

EnvDTE

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.11.40262

The Windows collection contains all windows in the environment.

public interface class Windows : System::Collections::IEnumerable

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("2294311A-B7BC-4789-B365-1C15FF2CD17C")]
public interface Windows : System.Collections.IEnumerable

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("2294311A-B7BC-4789-B365-1C15FF2CD17C")>]
type Windows = interface
    interface IEnumerable

Public Interface Windows
Implements IEnumerable

Derived

EnvDTE80.Windows2

Attributes

GuidAttribute

Implements

IEnumerable

Examples

Sub LinkedWindowsExample()  
   Dim Frame As Window  
   Dim w1 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindSolutionExplorer)  
   Dim w2 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindOutput)  
   Dim w3 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindCommandWindow)  

   ' Create a linked window frame and dock Solution Explorer   
   ' and the Ouput window together inside it.  
   Frame = DTE.Windows.CreateLinkedWindowFrame(w1, w2, vsLinkedWindowType.vsLinkedWindowTypeDocked)  
   MsgBox("Total number of windows in the linked window frame: " & Frame.LinkedWindows.Count)  

    ' Add another tool window, the Command window, to the frame with   
    ' the other two.  
   Frame.LinkedWindows.Add(w3)  
   MsgBox("Total number of windows in the linked window frame: " & Frame.LinkedWindows.Count)  

   ' Resize the entire linked window frame.  
   Frame.Width = 500  
   Frame.Height = 600  
   MsgBox("Frame height and width changed. Now changing Command window height.")  

   ' Resize the height of the Command window.  
   Frame.LinkedWindows.Item(3).Height = 800  
   MsgBox("Now undocking the Command window from the frame.")  

   ' Undock the Command window from the frame.  
   Frame.LinkedWindows.Remove(w3)  
End Sub  

Properties

Count	Gets a value indicating the number of objects in the Windows collection.
DTE	Gets the top-level extensibility object.
Parent	Gets the immediate parent object of a Windows collection.

Methods

CreateLinkedWindowFrame(Window, Window, vsLinkedWindowType)	Creates a Window object and places two windows in it.
CreateToolWindow(AddIn, String, String, String, Object)	Obsolete. Creates a new tool window containing the specified Document object or ActiveX control.
GetEnumerator()	Returns an enumeration for items in a collection.
Item(Object)	Returns a Window object in a Windows collection.