ConfigurationManager.DTE Property

Gets the top-level extensibility object.

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

Syntax

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

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.DTE
A DTE object.

Remarks

In Visual Studio, the DTE object is the root of the automation model, which other object models often call "Application."

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte, AddIn addin)
{   // Make sure you have a solution loaded into Visual Studio
    // before running the following example.
    try
    {
        ConfigurationManager configmgr;
        Configuration config;
        if (dte.Solution.Projects.Count > 0)
        {
            configmgr = dte.Solution.Projects.Item(1).ConfigurationManager;
            // Return the ActiveConfiguration.
            config = configmgr.ActiveConfiguration;
            // Show how many Configuration objects are in the 
            // Configuration Manager.
            MessageBox.Show(configmgr.Count.ToString());
            // Show the name of the application containing this 
            // Configuration Manager.
            MessageBox.Show(configmgr.DTE.Name);
            // Show the parent object.
            MessageBox.Show(((Project)configmgr.Parent).Name);
        }
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ConfigurationManager Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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