DTE Object

The top-level object in the Visual Studio automation object model.

DTE

Public Class DTE

Class DTE

class DTE

public class DTE

public class DTE

Remarks

The DTE object is provided to you by the OnConnection Method that you implement when you create an Add-in. The DTE object is the Application object in Visual Basic.

To access project-specific properties such as VBProjects or CSharpProjects, use the syntax DTE.GetObject("VBProjects").

For details about referencing the EnvDTE namespace and the DTE object, see Referencing the DTE Object.

Requirements

Namespace: EnvDTE

File: dte.olb

Example

Sub DTEExample()
  Dim objTextDoc As TextDocument
  Dim objEP As EditPoint
  
  'Create a new text document.
  DTE.ItemOperations.NewFile("General\Text File")
  'Get a handle to the new document.
  Set objTextDoc = DTE.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument")
  Set objEP = objTextDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint
  'Create an EditPoint and add some text.
  objEP.Insert "A test sentence."
End Sub

See Also

DTE Object Properties, Methods, and Events | DTE Property (General Extensibility) | DTEEvents Object | DTEEvents Property | Referencing the DTE Object