Window.Visible Property

Gets or sets the visibility of a window.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Property Visible As Boolean

bool Visible { get; set; }

property bool Visible {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}

abstract Visible : bool with get, set

function get Visible () : boolean
function set Visible (value : boolean)

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the window is visible; otherwise, false.

Remarks

The Find/Replace utility does not search windows that are not visible in open documents, even if the document associated with the window is still open.

Examples

Sub VisibleExample()
   Dim Frame As Window
   Dim w1 As Window = _
   DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindSolutionExplorer)
   Dim w2 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindOutput)

   ' Create a linked window frame and dock Solution Explorer 
   ' and the Ouput window together inside it.
   Frame = DTE.Windows.CreateLinkedWindowFrame(w1, w2, _
   vsLinkedWindowType.vsLinkedWindowTypeDocked)
   MsgBox("Total number of windows in the linked window frame: " & _
   Frame.LinkedWindows.Count)

   ' View some window properties.
   MsgBox("Window ObjectKind property value: " & Frame.ObjectKind)
   MsgBox("Window Caption: " & Frame.Caption)

   ' Resize the entire linked window frame.
   Frame.Width = 500
   Frame.Height = 600
   Frame.Left = 100
   Frame.Top = 100
   Frame.Visible = True
   MsgBox("Frame height, width, and position changed.")
End Sub

.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

Window Interface

EnvDTE Namespace