Command.Guid Property

Gets the GUID for the given object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Guid As String

string Guid { get; }

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

abstract Guid : string with get

function get Guid () : String

Property Value

Type: System.String
A string representing the command group GUID used to represent the command.

Examples

Sub GuidExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)

    ' Create a new text document.
    Dim win As Window = dte.ItemOperations.NewFile()
    Dim textWin As TextWindow = CType(win.Object, TextWindow)

    ' Split the text document window.
    Dim cmd As Command = dte.Commands.Item("Window.Split")
    dte.Commands.Raise(cmd.Guid, cmd.ID, Nothing, Nothing)

    If MsgBox("Activate the top pane?", MsgBoxStyle.YesNo) = _
        MsgBoxResult.Yes Then

        ' In a split window, the top pane is always at index 2 of the 
        ' Panes collection.
        textWin.Panes.Item(2).Activate()
    Else
        textWin.Panes.Item(1).Activate()
    End If

End Sub

public void GuidExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // Create a new text document.
    Window win = dte.ItemOperations.NewFile(@"General\Text File", "", 
        Constants.vsViewKindPrimary);
    TextWindow textWin = (TextWindow)win.Object;

    // Split the text document window.
    Command cmd = dte.Commands.Item("Window.Split", -1);
    object dummy = new object();
    dte.Commands.Raise(cmd.Guid, cmd.ID, ref dummy, ref dummy);

    if (MessageBox.Show("Activate the top pane?", "", 
        MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) == DialogResult.Yes)
    {
        // In a split window, the top pane is always at index 2 of the 
        // Panes collection.
        textWin.Panes.Item(2).Activate();
    }
    else
    {
        textWin.Panes.Item(1).Activate();
    }
}

.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

Command Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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