Properties
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Properties are characteristics of objects. For example, window objects have Height and Width properties. These properties correspond to the height and width of windows.
For more background about properties, see the introduction to properties. And, for examples of using properties, see the macro samples provided with Developer Studio.
The following properties are available:
| Property | Description |
| Active | Gets or sets whether Developer Studio, a document, or a window is active. |
| ActiveConfiguration | Gets or sets the active configuration for a project. |
| ActiveDocument | Gets the Document or TextDocument object representing the active document. |
| ActiveProject | Gets or sets the active project in the workspace. |
| ActiveWindow | Gets the Window object associated with the active window. |
| Application | Gets the Developer Studio Application object. |
| BottomLine | Gets the line at the bottom of a selection. |
| Breakpoints | Gets the Breakpoints object. |
| Caption | Gets the caption of a window. |
| Condition | Gets or sets the condition that allows a breakpoint to occur. |
| Configurations | Gets the Configurations object. |
| Count | Gets the number of items in a collection. |
| CurrentColumn | Gets the column where the insertion point is. |
| CurrentDirectory | Gets or sets the directory used by the Open command on the File menu. |
| CurrentLine | Gets the line where the insertion point is. |
| Debugger | Gets the Debugger object. |
| DefaultRadix | Gets or sets the default radix (number base) used by the debugger. |
| Documents | Gets the Documents object. |
| Elements | Gets the range of memory specifying when a data breakpoint occurred. |
| Emulation | Gets or sets the emulation mode of the Developer Studio editor. |
| Enabled | Gets or sets whether a breakpoint is enabled. |
| Errors | Gets the number of errors that occurred during the last build. |
| Executable | Gets the description of the .exe or .dll in which a breakpoint is set. |
| File | Gets the name of the file in which a breakpoint is set. |
| FullName | Gets the full path. |
| Function | Gets the name of the function in which a breakpoint is set. |
| Height | Gets or sets the height of a window in pixels. |
| IndentSize | Gets or sets the number of columns in one indent. |
| Index | Gets the one-based ordinal of a window in the Windows collection obtained by using the Windows property of the Application object. |
| JustInTimeDebugging | Gets or sets whether just-in-time debugging is available. |
| Language | Gets or sets the programming language used to check the syntax of the language in a document. |
| Left | Gets or sets the x-coordinate of a window's left edge in pixels. |
| Location | Gets the location of a breakpoint. |
| Message | Gets the Windows message that will trigger a breakpoint. |
| Name | Gets the name of an object. |
| _NewEnum | References objects in a collection. |
| Next | Gets the next window in the tab sequence. |
| Overtype | Gets or sets whether the editor is in overtype mode. |
| Parent | Gets the parent of an object. |
| Passcount | Gets the number of times you pass over a breakpoint before triggering it. |
| Path | Gets the path to an object. This path never ends with a backslash, unless the path has the format "C:\." |
| Previous | Gets the previous window. |
| State | Gets the state of the Developer Studio debugger. |
| Projects | Gets the Projects object. |
| ReadOnly | Gets or sets whether a document is read-only in Developer Studio. |
| RemoteProcedureCallDebugging | Gets or sets whether remote procedure call debugging is available. |
| Saved | Gets a document's saved status, indicating whether a document has changed since it was last saved. |
| Selection | Gets the TextSelection object, which represents the selected text. |
| TabSize | Gets or sets the number of columns in a tab character. |
| Text | Gets or sets the text in a selection. |
| TextEditor | Gets the TextEditor object. |
| Top | Gets or sets the y-coordinate of a window's top edge in pixels. |
| TopLine | Gets the line at the top of a selection. |
| Type | Returns a string describing the type of breakpoint, document, project, or window. |
| Version | Gets the version number of Developer Studio. |
| Visible | Gets or sets whether the Developer Studio main window is visible. |
| VisibleWhitespace | Gets or sets the visibility of tabs and spaces in all open text documents. |
| Warnings | Gets the number of warnings that occurred during the last build. |
| Width | Gets or sets the width of a window in pixels. |
| WindowProcedure | Gets the name of the Windows procedure that is being monitored for messages that will trigger breakpoints. |
| Windows | Gets the Windows object. |
| WindowState | Gets or sets the state of a window. |