ToolWindows.GetToolWindow(String) Method
Definition
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Allows the user to retrieve a window by its title.
public:
System::Object ^ GetToolWindow(System::String ^ Name);
public:
Platform::Object ^ GetToolWindow(Platform::String ^ Name);
winrt::Windows::Foundation::IInspectable GetToolWindow(std::wstring const & Name);
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(0)]
public object GetToolWindow (string Name);
[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(0)>]
abstract member GetToolWindow : string -> obj
Public Function GetToolWindow (Name As String) As Object
Parameters
- Name
- String
The title of the window to retrieve.
Returns
A Window object.
- Attributes
Examples
This example obtains the caption of the Output Window, after retrieving it using the GetToolWindow
method.
Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Sub GetToolWindow(ByVal dte As DTE2)
Dim win As OutputWindow
win = _applicationObject.ToolWindows.OutputWindow
Dim aStr As String = win.Parent.Caption
win = CType(_applicationObject.ToolWindows.GetToolWindow(aStr), _
OutputWindow)
MsgBox("The window caption, obtained via GetToolWindow method, _
is: " & vbCr & win.Parent.Caption)
End Sub
using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public void GetToolWindow (DTE2 dte)
{
Output win;
win = _applicationObject.ToolWindows.OutputWindow;
String aStr = win.Parent.Caption;
win =
(OutputWindow)_applicationObject.ToolWindows.GetToolWindow(aStr);
MessageBox.Show(("The window caption, obtained via GetToolWindow
method, is: " + "\n" + win.Parent.Caption);
}