ToolBoxTab3.Activate Method
Moves the focus to the current item.
Namespace: EnvDTE90
Assembly: EnvDTE90 (in EnvDTE90.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Sub Activate
void Activate()
void Activate()
abstract Activate : unit -> unit
function Activate()
Remarks
When Activate is invoked, it is as if the user clicked the item, but no click events occur.
Examples
This example adds a new item to a Toolbox tab, activates it, and then deletes it, if the user chooses to do so. For more information about how to run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.
Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Imports EnvDTE90
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)
ActivateExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub ActivateExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
' Add a new tab to the Toolbox.
Dim box As ToolBox = dte.ToolWindows.ToolBox
Dim tab As ToolBoxTab3 = CType(box.ToolBoxTabs.Add _
("Sample ToolBoxTab"),ToolBoxTab3)
' Add two ToolBoxItem objects to the new Toolbox tab.
Dim item As ToolBoxItem = tab.ToolBoxItems.Add("Text Item", _
"Hello, text item!")
tab.ToolBoxItems.Add("HTML Item", "Hello, HTML item!", _
vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatHTML)
' Select the "Text Item" ToolBox item.
box.Parent.AutoHides = False
box.Parent.Activate()
tab.Activate()
item.Select()
If MsgBox("Delete the selected Toolbox item?", _
MsgBoxStyle.YesNo) = MsgBoxResult.Yes Then
item.Delete()
End If
End Sub
using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;
using EnvDTE90;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application,
ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
_applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
_addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
ActivateExample(_applicationObject);
}
public void ActivateExample(DTE2 dte)
{
// Add a new tab to the Toolbox.
ToolBox box = dte.ToolWindows.ToolBox;
ToolBoxTab3 tab = (ToolBoxTab3)box.ToolBoxTabs.Add
("Sample ToolBoxTab");
// Add two ToolBoxItem objects to the new Toolbox tab.
ToolBoxItem item =
tab.ToolBoxItems.Add("Text Item", "Hello, text item!",
vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatText);
tab.ToolBoxItems.Add("HTML Item", "Hello, HTML item!",
vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatHTML);
// Select the "Text Item" ToolBox item.
box.Parent.AutoHides = false;
box.Parent.Activate();
tab.Activate();
item.Select();
if (MessageBox.Show("Delete the selected ToolBox item?", "",
MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) == DialogResult.Yes)
item.Delete();
}
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.