SelectedItems.DTE Property

Gets the top-level extensibility object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property DTE As DTE

DTE DTE { get; }

property DTE^ DTE {
    DTE^ get ();
}

abstract DTE : DTE

function get DTE () : DTE

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.DTE
A DTE object.

Remarks

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

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte)
{  
    try
    {
        // Open project and select one or more items in 
        // Solution Explorer before running this example.
        SelectedItem selItem;
        SelectedItems selItems;
        string msg = "";
        if (dte.SelectedItems.Count > 0)
        {
            selItems = dte.SelectedItems;
            selItem = selItems.Item(1);
            msg = "The first selected item is " + selItem.Name;
            msg += "\n Do the Parent and DTE property return the same object? " + (selItems.DTE.Equals(selItems.Parent)).ToString();
        }
        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

SelectedItems Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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