Debugger3::DTE Property

Visual Studio 2015

Gets the top-level extensibility object.

Namespace: EnvDTE90
Assembly: EnvDTE90 (in EnvDTE90.dll)

Syntax

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

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE::DTE^

A DTE object.

Implements

Debugger2::DTE

Remarks

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

Examples

The following example shows 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();

    EnvDTE90.Debugger3 debugger = (EnvDTE90.Debugger3)dte.Debugger;
    EnvDTE.DTE DTEProp = debugger.DTE;
    owp.OutputString("Edition of the environment: " + DTEProp.Edition);
}