Solution3.Parent Property

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Gets the immediate parent object of a Solution2 object.

Namespace:  EnvDTE90
Assembly:  EnvDTE90 (in EnvDTE90.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Parent As DTE
    Get

DTE Parent { get; }

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

abstract Parent : DTE

function get Parent () : DTE

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.DTE
A DTE object.

Implements

Solution2.Parent

Remarks

The Parent property returns the immediate parent to the object.

Examples

For information on how to run this add-in code, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

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)
    IsOpenExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub

Sub IsOpenExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    ' This add-in displays the parent of the solution.
    ' Open a solution in 
    ' Visual Studio before running this example.
    Try
        Dim soln As Solution3 = CType(_applicationObject.Solution, _
        Solution3)
        Dim solnName As String = _
        System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(soln.FullName)
        MsgBox("Solution " & solnName & _
        " has the following parent:" & _
        vbCrLf & vbCrLf & soln.Parent.FullName)
    Catch ex As System.Exception
        MsgBox(ex.ToString)
    End Try
End Sub

using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application,
 Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst,
 ref System.Array custom)
{
    _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    // Pass the applicationObject member variable to the code example.
    ParentExample((DTE2)_applicationObject);
}
public void ParentExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // This add-in displays the name of the parent for a solution. 
    // Open a solution in 
    // Visual Studio before running this example.
    try
    {
        Solution3 soln = (Solution3)_applicationObject.Solution;
        string solnName =
          System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(soln.FullName);
        MessageBox.Show("Solution " + solnName + "'s parent is: " 
          + soln.Parent.FullName.ToString());
    }
    catch(SystemException ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + ex);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Solution3 Interface

Parent Overload

EnvDTE90 Namespace

Other Resources

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