Commands Interface
Visual Studio 2012
Contains all of the commands in the environment, as Command objects.
Namespace: EnvDTE
Assembly: EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)
The Commands type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Add | Infrastructure. Microsoft Internal Only. |
![]() | AddCommandBar | Creates a command bar that is saved and available the next time the environment is started. |
![]() | AddNamedCommand | Creates a named command that is saved by the environment and made available the next time the environment starts, even if the Add-in is not loaded on environment startup. |
![]() | CommandInfo | Returns the command GUID and ID associated with the given Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBar control. |
![]() | GetEnumerator | Returns an enumerator for items in the Commands collection. |
![]() | Item | Returns the indexed Command object. |
![]() | Raise | Executes the specified command. |
![]() | RemoveCommandBar | Removes a command bar that was created with the AddCommandBar method. |
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars Sub CommandsExample() ' Before running, you must add a reference to the Office ' typelib to gain access to the CommandBar object. Dim cmds As Commands Dim cmdobj As Command Dim customin, customout As Object Dim cmdbarobj As CommandBar Dim colAddins As AddIns ' Set references. colAddins = DTE.AddIns() cmds = DTE.Commands cmdobj = cmds.Item("File.NewFile") ' Execute the File.NewFile command. cmds.Raise(cmdobj.Guid, cmdobj.ID, customin, customout) ' Create a toolbar and add the File.NewFile command to it. cmdobj = cmds.Item("File.NewFile") cmdbarobj = cmds.AddCommandBar("Mycmdbar", _ vsCommandBarType.vsCommandBarTypeToolbar) cmdobj.AddControl(cmdbarobj) ' Show the command bar and its button. cmdbarobj.Visible = True End Sub

