Debugger2::DTE Property

Visual Studio 2015

Gets the top-level extensibility object.

Namespace: EnvDTE80
Assembly: EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)

Syntax

property DTE^ DTE {
	DTE^ get();
}

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE::DTE^

A DTE object.

Implements

Debugger::DTE

Remarks

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

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the DTE property.

public static void DTE(EnvDTE80.DTE2 dte)
{
    // Setup debug Output window.
    Window w = 
    (Window)dte.Windows.Item(EnvDTE.Constants.vsWindowKindOutput);
    w.Visible = true;
    OutputWindow ow = (OutputWindow)w.Object;
    OutputWindowPane owp = ow.OutputWindowPanes.Add("DTE Property");
    owp.Activate();

    EnvDTE80.Debugger2 debugger = (EnvDTE80.Debugger2)dte.Debugger;
    EnvDTE.DTE DTEProp = debugger.DTE;
    owp.OutputString("Edition of the environment: " + DTEProp.Edition);
}