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SelectionContainer.Parent Property

Gets the immediate parent object of a SelectionContainer object.

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

Syntax

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

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.SelectedItems
A SelectedItems collection.

Examples

Public Sub CodeExample(ByVal dte As DTE2) 
    Try
        ' Open a project and select some items in 
        ' Solution Explorer before running this example.
        Dim selCon As SelectionContainer = dte.SelectedItems.SelectionContainer
        Dim msg As String = "Container has items: " + selCon.Count.ToString()
        If selCon.Parent Is dte.SelectedItems Then
            msg += vbCrLf + "The SelectionContainer has a SelectedItems as a parent object."
        End If
        msg += vbCrLf + "This SelectionContainer is in this application: " + selCon.DTE.Name
        
        MessageBox.Show(msg)
    
    Catch ex As Exception
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
    End Try
End Sub
public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte)
{  
    try
    {   // Open a project and select some items in 
        // Solution Explorer before running this example.
        SelectionContainer selCon= dte.SelectedItems.SelectionContainer;
        string msg = "Container has items: " + selCon.Count.ToString();
        if (selCon.Parent.Equals(dte.SelectedItems))
            msg += "\nThe SelectionContainer has a SelectedItems as a parent object.";
        msg += "\nThis SelectionContainer is in this application: " + selCon.DTE.Name;

        MessageBox.Show(msg);

    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

SelectionContainer Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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