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Globals.VariableNames Property

Gets a list of all current global variable names.

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

Syntax

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

Property Value

Type: System.Object
An object representing all of the current global variable names.

Examples

Sub OnAddinLoaded(ByVal dte As DTE)
    ' Count the number of times an add-in is loaded
    ' and store the value in the solution.
    Dim globals As Globals
    globals = dte.Solution.Globals
    If globals.VariableExists("AddinLoadCounter") Then
        ' The counter has already been set, so increment it.
        Dim int32 As System.Int32
        int32 = System.Int32.Parse(CStr(globals("AddinLoadCounter")))
        int32 += 1
        globals("AddinLoadCounter") = int32.ToString()
    Else
        ' Counter has never been set, so create and initialize it.
        globals("AddinLoadCounter") = 1.ToString()
        globals.VariablePersists("AddinLoadCounter") = True
    End If
    MsgBox("This add-in has been loaded: " & _
    globals.VariableValue("AddinLoadCounter") & " times.")
End Sub
void OnAddinLoaded(_DTE applicationObject)
{
    // Count the number of times an add-in is loaded
    // and store the value in the solution.
    Globals globals;
    globals = applicationObject.Solution.Globals;
    if(globals.get_VariableExists("AddinLoadCounter"))
    {
        // The counter has already been set, so increment it.
        System.Int32 int32;
        int32 = System.Int32.Parse((string)
        globals["AddinLoadCounter"]);
        int32++;
        globals["AddinLoadCounter"] = int32.ToString();
    }
    else
    {
        // Counter has never been set, so create and initialize it.
        globals["AddinLoadCounter"] = 1.ToString();
        globals.set_VariablePersists("AddinLoadCounter", true);
    }
    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("This add-in has been loaded: 
    " + globals.VariableValue["AddinLoadCounter"] + " times.");
}

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See Also

Reference

Globals Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

Persisting Information in Projects and Solutions

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