LinkedWindows.Parent Property

Gets the immediate parent object of a LinkedWindows collection.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Parent As Window

Window Parent { get; }

property Window^ Parent {
    Window^ get ();
}

abstract Parent : Window

function get Parent () : Window

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.Window
A Window object.

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte, AddIn addin)
{  
    try
    {
        LinkedWindows lnkwin;
        Window frame;
        Window w1 = dte.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindSolutionExplorer);
        Window w2 = dte.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindOutput);
        Window w3 = dte.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindCommandWindow);
        // Create a linked window frame and dock Solution Explorer.
        frame = dte.Windows.CreateLinkedWindowFrame(w1, w2, vsLinkedWindowType.vsLinkedWindowTypeDocked);
        lnkwin = frame.LinkedWindows;
        string msg = "";
        msg += "The application that contains this LinkedWindows collection is " + lnkwin.DTE.Name;
        msg += "\nThe parent object of this LinkedWindows collection is " + lnkwin.Parent.Caption;
        MessageBox.Show(msg);
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.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

LinkedWindows Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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