_DTE Interface
The top-level object in the Visual Studio automation object model. Refer to _DTE for this functionality. Do not instantiate from this class.
Assembly: EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | ActiveDocument | Gets the active document. |
![]() | ActiveSolutionProjects | Gets an array of currently selected projects. |
![]() | ActiveWindow | Returns the currently active window, or the top-most window if no others are active. |
![]() | AddIns | Gets the AddIns collection, which contains all currently available add-ins. |
![]() | Application | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Microsoft Internal Use Only. |
![]() | CommandBars | Gets a reference to the development environment's command bars. |
![]() | CommandLineArguments | Gets a string representing the command line arguments. |
![]() | Commands | Returns the Commands collection. |
![]() | ContextAttributes | Gets a ContextAttributes collection which allows automation clients to add new attributes to the current selected items in the Dynamic Help window and provide contextual help for the additional attributes. |
![]() | Debugger | Gets the debugger objects. |
![]() | DisplayMode | Gets the display mode, either MDI or Tabbed Documents. |
![]() | Documents | Gets the collection of open documents in the development environment. |
![]() | DTE | Gets the top-level extensibility object. |
![]() | Edition | Gets a description of the edition of the environment. |
![]() | Events | Gets a reference to the Events object. |
![]() | FileName | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Microsoft Internal Use Only. |
![]() | Find | Gets the Find object that represents global text find operations. |
![]() | FullName | Gets the full path and name of the object's file. |
![]() | Globals | Gets the Globals object that contains values that may be saved in the solution (.sln) file, the project file, or in the user's profile data. |
![]() | IsOpenFile[String^, String^] | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Microsoft Internal Use Only. |
![]() | ItemOperations | Gets the ItemOperations object. |
![]() | LocaleID | Gets the ID of the locale in which the development environment is running. |
![]() | Macros | Gets the Macros object. |
![]() | MacrosIDE | Gets the root of the Macros IDE's automation model. |
![]() | MainWindow | Gets a Window object representing the main development environment window. |
![]() | Mode | Gets the mode of the development environment, either debug or design. |
![]() | Name | Sets or gets the name of the _DTE object. |
![]() | ObjectExtenders | Gets the ObjectExtenders object. |
![]() | Properties[String^, String^] | Returns a Properties collection representing all available categories and subcategories contained in the Options dialog box on the Tools menu. |
![]() | RegistryRoot | Gets a string with the path to the root of the Visual Studio registry settings. |
![]() | SelectedItems | Gets a collection containing the items currently selected in the environment. |
![]() | Solution | Gets the Solution object that represents all open projects in the current instance of the environment and allows access to the build objects. |
![]() | SourceControl | Gets a SourceControl object that allows you to manipulate the source code control state of the file behind the object. |
![]() | StatusBar | Gets the StatusBar object, representing the status bar on the main development environment window. |
![]() | SuppressUI | Gets or sets whether UI should be displayed during the execution of automation code. |
![]() | UndoContext | Gets the global UndoContext object. |
![]() | UserControl | Sets or gets a value indicating whether the environment was launched by a user or by automation. |
![]() | Version | Gets the host application's version number. |
![]() | WindowConfigurations | Gets the WindowConfigurations collection, representing all available window configurations. |
![]() | Windows | Gets a Windows collection containing the windows that display in the object. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | ExecuteCommand(String^, String^) | Executes the specified command. |
![]() | GetObject(String^) | Gets an interface or object that is late-bound to the DTE object and can be accessed by name at run time. |
![]() | LaunchWizard(String^, array<Object^>^) | Runs a wizard with the supplied parameters. |
![]() | OpenFile(String^, String^) | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Microsoft Internal Use Only. |
![]() | Quit() | Closes the environment. |
![]() | SatelliteDllPath(String^, String^) | Returns the computed path to the satellite DLL when given the installation directory and the file name of the DLL containing localized resources. |
You can get the DTE automation object by calling GetService in the Initialize method. DTE2 dte = (DTE2)GetService(typeof(DTE));

