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Document.ActiveWindow Property

Gets the currently active window, or the topmost window if no others are active. Returns Nothing if no windows are open.

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

Syntax

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

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.Window
A Window object.

Remarks

ActiveWindow returns the document's active window. You can set the caption only on Tool windows. If you attempt to set the caption on other window types, such as Document windows, you get the error, "Unspecified error."

Examples

public void WindowExample(DTE2 dte)
{  // Before running, create a text file named 
   // "TextFile1.txt", include it in your solution,
   // and select some text.
   Window win;
   Document doc;
   if (dte.Documents.Count > 0)
   {
      doc = dte.Documents.Item("TextFile1.txt");
      win = doc.ActiveWindow;
      // Show the name of the project that contains this window and document.
      MessageBox.Show(win.Project.Name);
   }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Document Interface

EnvDTE Namespace