Reference3.RuntimeVersion Property

Definition

Gets the version of the runtime against which the reference was built. This is applicable only for .NET references.

public:
 property System::String ^ RuntimeVersion { System::String ^ get(); };
public:
 property Platform::String ^ RuntimeVersion { Platform::String ^ get(); };
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(100)]
public string RuntimeVersion { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(100)] get; }
[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(100)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(100)>]
member this.RuntimeVersion : string
Public ReadOnly Property RuntimeVersion As String

Property Value

A string representing the version of the runtime against which the .NET reference was built.

Implements

Attributes

Examples

This example displays the runtime version for the first reference of an open Visual Basic or Visual C# project. To run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

Imports VSLangProj  
Imports VSLangProj2  
Imports VSLangProj80  
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)  
    GetRuntimeVersion(applicationObject)  
End Sub  
Sub GetRuntimeVersion(ByVal dte As DTE2)  
    Dim aProject As Project  
    Dim aVSProject As VSProject2  
    ' The first project is a Visual Basic or C# project.  
    aProject = applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1)  
    aVSProject =_  
    CType(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object _  
    , VSProject2)  
    Dim newRef As Reference3  
    newRef = CType(aVSProject.References.Item(1), Reference3)  
    MsgBox("The name of the first reference in the project is: " _  
    & newRef.Name & vbCr & "its runtime version is: " _  
    & newRef.RuntimeVersion)  
End Sub  
using System.Windows.Forms;  
using VSLangProj;  
using VSLangProj2;  
using VSLangProj80;  
public void OnConnection(object application,  
 ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)  
{  
    applicationObject = (DTE2)application;  
    addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;  
    GetRuntimeVersion(((DTE2)applicationObject));  
}  
public void GetRuntimeVersion(DTE2 dte)  
{  
    // The first project is a Visual Basic or C# project.  
    VSProject2 aVSProject =  
((VSProject2)(applicationObject.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object));  
    Reference3 aRef = null;  
    aRef = ((Reference3)(aVSProject.References.Item(1)));  
    MessageBox.Show("The first reference in the project is: "  
+ aRef.Name + "\n" + "and its runtime version is: "   
+ aRef.RuntimeVersion);  
}  

Applies to