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ConfigurationManager.ActiveConfiguration Property

Gets the current solution configuration that will be used if a solution build operation occurs.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property ActiveConfiguration As Configuration
Configuration ActiveConfiguration { get; }
property Configuration^ ActiveConfiguration {
    Configuration^ get ();
}
abstract ActiveConfiguration : Configuration with get
function get ActiveConfiguration () : Configuration

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.Configuration
A Configuration object.

Remarks

Use the Activate method to change the active solution configuration.

Examples

public void CodeExample(DTE2 dte, AddIn addin)
{   // Make sure you have a solution loaded into Visual Studio
    // before running the following example.
    try
    {
        ConfigurationManager configmgr;
        Configuration config;
        if (dte.Solution.Projects.Count > 0)
        {
            configmgr = dte.Solution.Projects.Item(1).ConfigurationManager;
            // Return the ActiveConfiguration.
            config = configmgr.ActiveConfiguration;
            // Show how many Configuration objects are in the Configuration Manager.
            MessageBox.Show(configmgr.Count.ToString());
            // Show the name of the application containing this Configuration Manager.
            MessageBox.Show(configmgr.DTE.Name);
            // Show the parent object.
            MessageBox.Show(((Project)configmgr.Parent).Name);
        }
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ConfigurationManager Interface

EnvDTE Namespace