DTE2 Members
The top-level object in the Visual Studio automation object model.
The following tables list the members exposed by the DTE2 type.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | ActiveDocument | Gets the active document. |
| | ActiveSolutionProjects | Gets an array of currently selected projects. |
| | ActiveWindow | Gets the currently active window, or the top-most window if no others are active. |
| | AddIns | Gets the AddIns collection, which contains all currently available Add-ins. |
| | Application | Microsoft Internal Use Only. |
| | CommandBars | Gets a reference to the development environment's CommandBars object. |
| | CommandLineArguments | Gets a string representing the command line arguments. |
| | Commands | Gets the Commands collection. |
| | ContextAttributes | Gets a ContextAttributes collection which allows automation clients to add new attributes to the current selected items in the Dynamic Help window and provide contextual help for the additional attributes. |
| | Debugger | Gets the debugger objects. |
| | DisplayMode | Gets or sets the display mode, either MDI or Tabbed Documents. |
| | Documents | Gets the collection of open documents in the development environment. |
| | DTE | Gets the top-level extensibility object. |
| | Edition | Gets a description of the edition of the environment. |
| | Events | Gets a reference to the Events object. |
| | FileName | Microsoft Internal Use Only. |
| | Find | Gets the Find object that represents global text find operations. |
| | FullName | Gets the full path and name of the object's file. |
| | Globals | Gets the Globals object that contains Add-in values that may be saved in the solution (.sln) file, the project file, or in the user's profile data. |
| | IsOpenFile | Microsoft Internal Use Only. |
| | ItemOperations | Gets the ItemOperations object. |
| | LocaleID | Gets the ID of the locale in which the development environment is running. |
| | Macros | Gets the Macros object. |
| | MacrosIDE | Gets the root of the Macros IDE's automation model. |
| | MainWindow | Gets a Window object representing the main development environment window. |
| | Mode | Gets the mode of the development environment, either debug or design. |
| | Name | Gets the name of the DTE. |
| | ObjectExtenders | Gets the ObjectExtenders object. |
| | Properties | Gets a Properties collection representing all available categories and subcategories contained in the Options dialog box on the Tools menu. |
| | RegistryRoot | Gets a string with the path to the root of the Visual Studio registry settings. |
| | SelectedItems | Gets a collection containing the items currently selected in the environment. |
| | Solution | Gets the Solution object that represents all open projects in the current instance of the environment and allows access to the build objects. |
| | SourceControl | Gets a SourceControl object that allows you to manipulate the source code control state of the file behind the object. |
| | StatusBar | Gets the StatusBar object, representing the status bar on the main development environment window. |
| | SuppressUI | Gets or sets a value indicating whether user interface (UI) should be displayed during the execution of automation code. |
| | ToolWindows | Gets a ToolWindows object used as a shortcut for finding tool windows. |
| | UndoContext | Gets the global UndoContext object. |
| | UserControl | Gets a value indicating whether the environment was started by a user or by automation. |
| | Version | Gets the host application's version number. |
| | WindowConfigurations | Gets the WindowConfigurations collection, representing all available window configurations. |
| | Windows | Gets a Windows collection containing the windows that display in the object. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | ExecuteCommand | Executes the specified command. |
| | GetObject | Gets an interface or object that is late-bound to the DTE object and can be accessed by name at run time. |
| | GetThemeColor | Gets a color used to draw the user interface within Visual Studio. |
| | LaunchWizard | Runs a wizard with the supplied parameters. |
| | OpenFile | Microsoft Internal Use Only. |
| | Quit | Closes the Visual Studio environment. |
| | SatelliteDllPath | Returns the computed path to the satellite DLL when given the installation directory for an Add-in or wizard and the file name of the DLL containing localized resources. |
