VCAssemblyReference.Description Property

Gets or sets a string that represents the description for the object or the use of the output group.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Description As String
    Get

string Description { get; }

property String^ Description {
    String^ get ();
}

abstract Description : string

function get Description () : String

Property Value

Type: System.String
The description of the object or the use of the output group.

Implements

VCReference.Description

Examples

Sub DescriptionExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)

    ' Display all add-ins.
    Dim addIn As AddIn
    Dim msg As String

    For Each addIn In dte.AddIns
        msg &= "    " & addIn.Name

        If addIn.Description <> "" Then
            msg &= ": " & addIn.Description & vbCrLf
        Else
            msg &= ": (No description)" & vbCrLf
        End If
    Next

    MsgBox("Available add-ins:" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & msg)

End Sub

public void DescriptionExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // Display all add-ins.
    string msg = "";

    foreach (AddIn addIn in dte.AddIns)
    {
        msg += "    " + addIn.Name;

        if (addIn.Description != "")
            msg += ": " + addIn.Description + "\n";
        else
            msg += ": (No description)\n";
    }

    MessageBox.Show("Available add-ins:\n\n" + msg);
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

VCAssemblyReference Interface

Description Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Namespace

Other Resources

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