SelectionContainer.DTE Property

Definition

Namespace:

EnvDTE

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.11.40262

Gets the top-level extensibility object.

public:
 property EnvDTE::DTE ^ DTE { EnvDTE::DTE ^ get(); };

public:
 property EnvDTE::DTE ^ DTE { EnvDTE::DTE ^ get(); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(3)]
public EnvDTE.DTE DTE { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(3)] get; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(3)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(3)>]
member this.DTE : EnvDTE.DTE

Public ReadOnly Property DTE As DTE

Property Value

DTE

A DTE object.

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

Examples

Public Sub CodeExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)   
    Try  
        ' Open a project and select some items in   
        ' Solution Explorer before running this example.  
        Dim selCon As SelectionContainer = dte.SelectedItems.SelectionContainer  
        Dim msg As String = "Container has items: " + selCon.Count.ToString()  
        If selCon.Parent Is dte.SelectedItems Then  
            msg += vbCrLf + "The SelectionContainer has a SelectedItems as a parent object."  
        End If  
        msg += vbCrLf + "This SelectionContainer is in this application: " + selCon.DTE.Name  

        MessageBox.Show(msg)  

    Catch ex As Exception  
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)  
    End Try  
End Sub  

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte)  
{    
    try  
    {   // Open a project and select some items in   
        // Solution Explorer before running this example.  
        SelectionContainer selCon= dte.SelectedItems.SelectionContainer;  
        string msg = "Container has items: " + selCon.Count.ToString();  
        if (selCon.Parent.Equals(dte.SelectedItems))  
            msg += "\nThe SelectionContainer has a SelectedItems as a parent object.";  
        msg += "\nThis SelectionContainer is in this application: " + selCon.DTE.Name;  

        MessageBox.Show(msg);  

    }  
    catch(Exception ex)  
    {  
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);  
    }  
}  

Remarks

In Visual Studio, the DTE object is the root of the automation model, which other object models often call "Application."