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Visual Studio Automation and Extensibility Reference
Window..::.Caption Property

Gets or sets the title of the window.

Namespace:  EnvDTE
Assembly:  EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Default Property Caption As String
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As Window
Dim value As String

value = instance

instance = value
C#
string this { get; set; }
Visual C++
property String^ default {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
JScript
function get Caption () : String
function set Caption (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The title of the window.

The Caption can be set for tool windows.

Visual Basic
Sub CaptionExample()
   Dim Frame As Window
   Dim w1 As Window = _
   DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindSolutionExplorer)
   Dim w2 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindOutput)

   ' Create a linked window frame and dock Solution Explorer 
   ' and the Ouput window together inside it.
   Frame = DTE.Windows.CreateLinkedWindowFrame(w1, w2, _
   vsLinkedWindowType.vsLinkedWindowTypeDocked)
   MsgBox("Total number of windows in the linked window frame: " & _
   Frame.LinkedWindows.Count)

   ' View some window properties.
   MsgBox("Window ObjectKind property value: " & Frame.ObjectKind)
   MsgBox("Window Caption: " & Frame.Caption)

   ' Resize the entire linked window frame.
   Frame.Width = 500
   Frame.Height = 600
   Frame.Left = 100
   MsgBox("Frame height, width, and position changed.")
End Sub
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