ToolWindows.CommandWindow Property

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Gets the CommandWindow object.

Namespace:  EnvDTE80
Assembly:  EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property CommandWindow As CommandWindow

CommandWindow CommandWindow { get; }

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

abstract CommandWindow : CommandWindow with get

function get CommandWindow () : CommandWindow

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.CommandWindow
A CommandWindow object.

Examples

This add-in example activates the Command Window and adds some text to it. For more information about how to run the automation examples, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, _
 ByVal connectMode As ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, _
 ByRef custom As Array) Implements IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection
    _applicationObject = CType(application, DTE2)
    _addInInstance = CType(addInInst, AddIn)
    CommandWindowManip(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Public Sub CommandWindowManip(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    Dim myCmd As CommandWindow
    myCmd = _applicationObject.ToolWindows.CommandWindow
    MsgBox(myCmd.Parent.Caption & " is about to be activated.")
    myCmd.Parent.Activate()
    myCmd.OutputString("Test command window text.")
End Sub

using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application,
 ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
    _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    CommandWindowManip(_applicationObject);
}
public void CommandWindowManip (DTE2 dte)
{
    CommandWindow myCmd;
    myCmd = _applicationObject.ToolWindows.CommandWindow;
    MessageBox.Show("The Command Window is about to be activated.");
    myCmd.Parent.Activate();
    myCmd.OutputString("Test command window text.");
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ToolWindows Interface

EnvDTE80 Namespace