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CodeModel.Language Property

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Gets the programming language used to author the code.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Language As String

string Language { get; }

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

abstract Language : string with get

function get Language () : String

Property Value

Type: System.String
A CodeModelLanguageConstants constant.

Remarks

Note

The values of code model elements such as classes, structs, functions, attributes, delegates, and so forth can be non-deterministic after making certain kinds of edits, meaning that their values cannot be relied upon to always remain the same. For more information, see the section Code Model Element Values Can Change in Discovering Code by Using the Code Model (Visual Basic).

Examples

Sub LanguageExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)

    ' Before running this example, open a solution that contains 
    ' one or more projects.
    Dim langs As String
    Dim proj As Project
    For Each proj In dte.Solution
        Try
            Dim cm As CodeModel = proj.CodeModel
            langs &= proj.Name & "'s language is "

            Select Case cm.Language
                Case CodeModelLanguageConstants.vsCMLanguageMC, _
                    CodeModelLanguageConstants.vsCMLanguageVC
                    langs &= "C++" & vbCrLf
                Case CodeModelLanguageConstants.vsCMLanguageCSharp
                    langs &= "C#" & vbCrLf
                Case CodeModelLanguageConstants.vsCMLanguageVB
                    langs &= "Visual Basic" & vbCrLf
                Case "{E6FDF8BF-F3D1-11D4-8576-0002A516ECE8}"
                    langs &= "J#" & vbCrLf
            End Select
        Catch
        End Try
    Next

    MsgBox(langs)

End Sub

public void LanguageExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // Before running this example, open a solution that contains one 
    // or more projects.
    string langs = "";
    foreach (Project proj in dte.Solution)
    {
        try
        {
            CodeModel cm = proj.CodeModel;
            langs += proj.Name + "'s language is ";

            switch (cm.Language)
            {
                case CodeModelLanguageConstants.vsCMLanguageMC:
                case CodeModelLanguageConstants.vsCMLanguageVC:
                    langs += "C++" + Environment.NewLine;
                    break;
                case CodeModelLanguageConstants.vsCMLanguageCSharp:
                    langs += "C#" + Environment.NewLine;
                    break;
                case CodeModelLanguageConstants.vsCMLanguageVB:
                    langs += "Visual Basic" + Environment.NewLine;
                    break;
                case "{E6FDF8BF-F3D1-11D4-8576-0002A516ECE8}":
                    langs += "J#" + Environment.NewLine;
                    break;
            }
        }
        catch
        {
        }
    }

    MessageBox.Show(langs);
}

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See Also

Reference

CodeModel Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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

Discovering Code by Using the Code Model (Visual Basic)

Discovering Code by Using the Code Model (Visual C#)