Process3 Interface

The Process3 object is used to examine and manipulate processes. The Process3 object supersedes the Process2 and Process objects.

Namespace:  EnvDTE90
Assembly:  EnvDTE90 (in EnvDTE90.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("D401C665-4EC7-452B-AA91-985D16772D84")> _
Public Interface Process3 _
    Inherits Process2
[GuidAttribute("D401C665-4EC7-452B-AA91-985D16772D84")]
public interface Process3 : Process2
[GuidAttribute(L"D401C665-4EC7-452B-AA91-985D16772D84")]
public interface class Process3 : Process2
[<GuidAttribute("D401C665-4EC7-452B-AA91-985D16772D84")>]
type Process3 =  
    interface 
        interface Process2 
    end
public interface Process3 extends Process2

The Process3 type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property Collection Gets a Processes collection that contains the object that supports this property or is contained within this code construct.
Public property DTE Gets the top-level extensibility object, the DTE object.
Public property IsBeingDebugged Gets whether the current process is being debugged.
Public property Modules Gets a collection of module objects associated with this process.
Public property Name Gets the name of the process.
Public property Parent Gets the immediate parent object of a Process2 object.
Public property ProcessID Gets the ID number assigned to this process.
Public property Programs Gets a collection of Program objects.
Public property Threads Gets the threads associated with this process.
Public property Transport Gets the Transport being used to debug this process.
Public property TransportQualifier Gets a computer name or an IP address.
Public property UserName Gets the user name associated with this process.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Attach Causes the debugger to attach this process.
Public method Attach2 Similar to Attach, causes the debugger to attach this process, except that it allows you to specify an engine or set of engines.
Public method Break Causes the given process to pause its execution so that its current state can be analyzed.
Public method Detach Causes the debugger to detach from this process.
Public method Terminate Terminates this process.

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Remarks

Process3 extends the Process2 to add support for the Modules collection.

Examples

' Macro code.
Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Imports EnvDTE90
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.ControlChars

Public Module Module1

    Sub NativeAttachToLocalCalc()
        Dim dbg2 As EnvDTE90.Debugger3
        dbg2 = DTE.Debugger

        Dim attached As Boolean = False
        Dim proc As EnvDTE90.Process3
        For Each proc In DTE.Debugger.LocalProcesses
            If (Right(proc.Name, 8) = "calc.exe") Then
                proc.Attach2("native")
                attached = True
                Exit For
            End If
        Next

        If attached = False Then
            If attached = False Then
                MsgBox("calc.exe isn't running")
            End If
        End If
    End Sub
End Module

See Also

Reference

EnvDTE90 Namespace

Other Resources

Automation Object Model Chart