_DTE Interface
The top-level object in the Visual Studio automation object model. Refer to _DTE for this functionality. Do not instantiate from this class.
Namespace: EnvDTE
Assembly: EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("04A72314-32E9-48E2-9B87-A63603454F3E")> _
Public Interface _DTE
'Usage
Dim instance As _DTE
[GuidAttribute("04A72314-32E9-48E2-9B87-A63603454F3E")]
public interface _DTE
[GuidAttribute(L"04A72314-32E9-48E2-9B87-A63603454F3E")]
public interface class _DTE
public interface _DTE
Remarks
The _DTE object is provided by the OnConnection method that you implement when you create an add-in. The _DTE object is the Application object in Visual Basic.
To access project-specific properties such as VBProjects or CSharpProjects, use the syntax DTE.GetObject("VBProjects").
For details about referencing the EnvDTE namespace and the _DTE object, see How to: Get References to the DTE and DTE2 Objects.
Examples
Sub DTEExample()
Dim objTextDoc As TextDocument
Dim objEP As EditPoint
'Create a new text document.
DTE.ItemOperations.NewFile("General\Text File")
'Get a handle to the new document.
Set objTextDoc = DTE.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument")
Set objEP = objTextDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint
'Create an EditPoint and add some text.
objEP.Insert "A test sentence."
End Sub