SelectedItems.Parent Property

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Definition

Namespace:
EnvDTE
Assembly:
EnvDTE.dll
Assembly:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Gets the immediate parent object of a SelectedItems collection.

public:
 property EnvDTE::DTE ^ Parent { EnvDTE::DTE ^ get(); };
public:
 property EnvDTE::DTE ^ Parent { EnvDTE::DTE ^ get(); };
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)]
public EnvDTE.DTE Parent { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)] get; }
[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(2)>]
member this.Parent : EnvDTE.DTE
Public ReadOnly Property Parent As DTE

Property Value

DTE

A DTE object.

Attributes
DispIdAttribute

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte)  
{    
    try  
    {  
        // Open project and select one or more items in   
        // Solution Explorer before running this example.  
        SelectedItem selItem;  
        SelectedItems selItems;  
        string msg = "";  
        if (dte.SelectedItems.Count > 0)  
        {  
            selItems = dte.SelectedItems;  
            selItem = selItems.Item(1);  
            msg = "The first selected item is " + selItem.Name;  
            msg += "\n Do the Parent and DTE property return the same object? " + (selItems.DTE.Equals(selItems.Parent)).ToString();  
        }  
        MessageBox.Show(msg);  
    }  
    catch(Exception ex)  
    {  
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);  
    }  
}

Applies to