ToolBoxTab2.DTE Property

Definition

Namespace:

EnvDTE80

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(2)]
public EnvDTE.DTE DTE { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)] get; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)>]
member this.DTE : EnvDTE.DTE

Public ReadOnly Property DTE As DTE

Property Value

DTE

A DTE object.

Implements

DTE

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

Examples

This example displays the caption of the active window, obtained through the ToolBoxTab2.DTE object.

Imports EnvDTE  
Imports EnvDTE80  
Sub ToolBoxTabDTEExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)  
    Dim tlBox As ToolBox  
    Dim tbxTabs As ToolBoxTabs  
    Dim tbxTab As ToolBoxTab2  
    ' Dim tbxItem As ToolBoxItem  
    Try  
        ' Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object and  
        ' its tabs.  
        tlBox = CType(_applicationObject.Windows.Item _  
(Constants.vsWindowKindToolbox).Object, ToolBox)  
        tbxTabs = tlBox.ToolBoxTabs  
        ' Select the first Toolbox tab.  
        tbxTab = CType(tbxTabs.Item(1), ToolBoxTab2)  
        MsgBox(tbxTab.Name)  
        tbxTab.Activate()  
        MsgBox("The caption of the active window, obtained through  _  
        the DTE object, is: " & vbCr & tbxTab.DTE.ActiveWindow.Caption)  
    Catch ex As System.Exception  
        MsgBox("ERROR: " & ex.Message)  
    End Try  
End Sub  

using EnvDTE;  
using EnvDTE80;  
using System.Windows.Forms;  
public void ToolBoxTabDTEExample (DTE2 dte)  
{  
    ToolBox tlBox;  
    ToolBoxTabs tbxTabs;  
    ToolBoxTab2 tbxTab;  
    try  
    {  
        // Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object and  
        // its tabs.  
        tlBox = (ToolBox)_applicationObject.Windows.Item  
(Constants.vsWindowKindToolbox).Object;  
        tbxTabs = tlBox.ToolBoxTabs;  
        // Select the first Toolbox tab.  
        tbxTab = (ToolBoxTab2)tbxTabs.Item(1);  
        MessageBox.Show("The name of the selected toolbox tab is: "   
+ tbxTab.Name);  
        tbxTab.Activate();  
        MessageBox.Show("The caption of the active window,   
obtained through the DTE object, is: " + "\n"   
+ tbxTab.DTE.ActiveWindow.Caption);  
    }  
    catch (Exception ex)  
    {  
        MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + ex.Message);  
    }  
}  

Remarks

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