OutputGroup.Description Property

Gets a string that represents the use of the output group.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Description As String

string Description { get; }

property String^ Description {
    String^ get ();
}

abstract Description : string with get

function get Description () : String

Property Value

Type: System.String
A string representing the use of the output group.

Remarks

The Description property is read-only.

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte)
{  
    try
    {   // Open a project before running this example.
        Project proj = dte.Solution.Projects.Item(1);
        OutputGroups groups = proj.ConfigurationManager.ActiveConfiguration.OutputGroups;
        int c = 1; 
        int x = 0;
        // Find an outputgroup with at least one file.
        foreach (OutputGroup grp in groups)
        {
            x++;
            if (grp.FileCount > 0)
                c = x;
        }
        OutputGroup group = groups.Item(c);
        msg += "OutputGroup Description: " + group.Description;
        msg += "\nNumber of Associated Files: " + group.FileCount.ToString();
        msg += "\nAssociated File Names: ";
        foreach (String str in (Array)group.FileNames)
        {
            msg += "\n" + str;
        }
        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

OutputGroup Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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