Solution4.DTE Property

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Gets the top-level extensibility object.

Namespace:  EnvDTE100
Assembly:  EnvDTE100 (in EnvDTE100.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

For information on how to run this add-in code, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, _
 ByVal connectMode As ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, _
 ByRef custom As Array) Implements IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection
    _applicationObject = CType(application, DTE2)
    _addInInstance = CType(addInInst, AddIn)
    Solution4Example(_applicationObject)
End Sub

Sub Solution4Example(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    ' This function creates a solution and adds a Visual C# Console
    ' project to it.
    Try
        Dim soln As Solution4 = CType(DTE.Solution, Solution4)
        Dim csTemplatePath As String
        ' This path must exist on your computer.
        ' Replace <file path> below with an actual path.
        Dim csPrjPath As String = "<file path>"
        MsgBox("starting")
        ' Get the project template path for a C# console project.
        csTemplatePath = CType(soln.GetProjectTemplate _
        ("ConsoleApplication.zip", "CSharp"), string)
        ' Create a new C# Console project using the template obtained 
        ' above.
        soln.AddFromTemplate(csTemplatePath, csPrjPath, _
        "New CSharp Console Project", False)
        MsgBox("done")
    Catch ex As System.Exception
        MsgBox(ex.ToString)
    End Try
End Sub

using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application,
 Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst,
 ref System.Array custom)
{
    _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    // Pass the applicationObject member variable to the code example.
    Solution4Example((DTE2)_applicationObject);
}

public void Solution4Example(DTE2 dte)
{
    // This function creates a solution and adds a Visual C# Console
    // project to it.
    try{
        Solution4 soln = (Solution4)_applicationObject.Solution;
        String csTemplatePath;
        // The file path must exist on your computer.
        // Replace <file path> below with an actual path.
        String csPrjPath = "<file path>";
        "<file path>MessageBox.Show("Starting...");
        "<file path>"<file path>csTemplatePath = 
        soln.GetProjectTemplate("ConsoleApplication.zip", "CSharp");
        // Create a new C# Console project using the template obtained 
        // above.
        soln.AddFromTemplate(csTemplatePath, csPrjPath,
          "New CSharp Console Project", false);
        MessageBox.Show("Done!");
    }
    catch(SystemException ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + ex);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Solution4 Interface

EnvDTE100 Namespace