Projects.Kind Property

Gets a GUID String indicating the kind or type of the object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Kind As String

string Kind { get; }

property String^ Kind {
    String^ get ();
}

abstract Kind : string

function get Kind () : String

Property Value

Type: System.String
A GUID string representing the type of object.

Remarks

Environment extensions must provide uniquely defined type strings. This information should be available in each tool or language's type library or documentation.

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte)
{  
    try
    {   // Open a project before running this sample
        Projects prjs = dte.Solution.Projects;
        string msg = "There are " + prjs.Count.ToString() + " projects in this collection.";
        msg += "\nThe application containing this Projects collection: " + prjs.DTE.Name;
        msg += "\nThe parent object of the Projects collection: " + prjs.Parent.Name;
        msg += "\nThe GUID representing the Projects type: " + prjs.Kind;
        if (prjs.Properties != null)
        {
            msg += "\nProperties:";
            foreach (Property prop in prjs.Properties)
            {
                msg += "\n   " + prop.Name;
            }
        }
        MessageBox.Show(msg, "Projects Collection");
    }
    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

Projects Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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