CommandWindow.Parent Property

Gets the immediate parent object of a given object.

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

Syntax

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

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.Window
A Window object.

Remarks

The Parent property returns the immediate parent to the object or collection.

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte, AddIn addin)
{
    try
    {
        // Get a reference to a Command window.
        Window win = dte.Windows.Item(EnvDTE.Constants.vsWindowKindCommandWindow);
        CommandWindow cmdWin = (CommandWindow)win.Object;
        // Add some text to the window.
        cmdWin.OutputString("This is a line of text in the CommandWindow TextDocument");
        // Return the contents of the TextDocument and display them.
        TextDocument txtDoc = cmdWin.TextDocument;
        TextSelection txtSel = txtDoc.Selection;
        TextRanges txtRanges = txtSel.TextRanges;
        // Show text in textdocument.
        foreach (TextRange txtRange in txtRanges)
        {
            txtRange.StartPoint.StartOfDocument();
            MessageBox.Show(txtRange.StartPoint.GetText(txtRange.EndPoint));
        }
        // Show the CommandWindow's parent object's caption property.
        MessageBox.Show("The Parent window's caption: " + cmdWin.Parent.Caption);
        // Show the application object containing the CommandWindow.
        MessageBox.Show(cmdWin.DTE.Name);
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

CommandWindow Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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