OutputWindow Interface
Represents the Output window in the integrated development environment (IDE).
Namespace: EnvDTE
Assembly: EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("EAB0A63D-C3A8-496E-9ACF-A82CEF6A43B3")> _
Public Interface OutputWindow
[GuidAttribute("EAB0A63D-C3A8-496E-9ACF-A82CEF6A43B3")]
public interface OutputWindow
[GuidAttribute(L"EAB0A63D-C3A8-496E-9ACF-A82CEF6A43B3")]
public interface class OutputWindow
[<GuidAttribute("EAB0A63D-C3A8-496E-9ACF-A82CEF6A43B3")>]
type OutputWindow = interface end
public interface OutputWindow
The OutputWindow type exposes the following members.
Properties
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
.gif "Public property") |
ActivePane | Gets the most recently active pane in the OutputWindow. |
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DTE | Gets the top-level extensibility object. |
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OutputWindowPanes | Gets the OutputWindowPanes collection for the OutputWindow object. |
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Parent | Gets the immediate parent object of an OutputWindow object. |
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Remarks
The Output window displays text output for various IDE tools. It is possible that each tool might use a different output window pane. Panes are selected with a drop-down box at the top of the window. For example, build errors go to the Build Errors pane, and each external command tool potentially goes to its own distinct output window pane.
Examples
Sub OutputWindowExample()
' Create a tool window handle for the Output window.
Dim win As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(EnvDTE.Constants.vsWindowKindOutput)
' Create handles to the Output window and its panes.
Dim OW As OutputWindow = win.Object
Dim OWp As OutputWindowPane
' Add a new pane to the Output window.
OWp = OW.OutputWindowPanes.Add("A New Pane")
' Add a line of text to the new pane.
OWp.OutputString("Some Text")
End Sub