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Projects.DTE Property

Gets the top-level extensibility object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property DTE As DTE
DTE DTE { get; }
property DTE^ DTE {
    DTE^ get ();
}
abstract DTE : DTE
function get DTE () : DTE

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.DTE
A DTE object.

Remarks

In Visual Studio, the DTE object is the root of the automation model, which other object models often call "Application".

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte)
{  
    try
    {   // Open a project before running this sample
        Projects prjs = dte.Solution.Projects;
        string msg = "There are " + prjs.Count.ToString() + " projects in this collection.";
        msg += "\nThe application containing this Projects collection: " + prjs.DTE.Name;
        msg += "\nThe parent object of the Projects collection: " + prjs.Parent.Name;
        msg += "\nThe GUID representing the Projects type: " + prjs.Kind;
        if (prjs.Properties != null)
        {
            msg += "\nProperties:";
            foreach (Property prop in prjs.Properties)
            {
                msg += "\n   " + prop.Name;
            }
        }
        MessageBox.Show(msg, "Projects Collection");
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Projects Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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