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Properties.Item Method

Returns an indexed member of a Properties collection.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function Item ( _
    index As Object _
) As Property
Property Item(
    Object index
)
Property^ Item(
    [InAttribute] Object^ index
)
abstract Item : 
        index:Object -> Property
function Item(
    index : Object
) : Property

Parameters

Return Value

Type: EnvDTE.Property
A Property object.

Remarks

The value passed to Index is either an index value to a Property object in the Properties collection or the name of a Property object in the collection.

The Item method throws a ArgumentException exception if the specified value cannot be found in the collection.

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte)
{  
    try
    {   // Open a solution before running this example
        Properties props = dte.Solution.Properties;
        Property prop;
        string msg;
        msg = "How many properties are there in the current solution: " + props.Count.ToString();
        msg += "\nThe application containing this Properties collection is " + props.DTE.Name;
        msg += "\nThe parent object of the Properties collection is a " + ((Solution)props.Parent).FullName;
        msg += "\nThe application property returns : " + ((DTE2)props.Application).Name;
        if (props.Count > 0)
        {
            prop = props.Item(1);
            msg += "\nThe first Property in the Properties collection is " + prop.Name;
        }
        MessageBox.Show(msg);
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Properties Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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