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Gets the top-level extensibility object.
Namespace:  EnvDTE80
Assembly:  EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
ReadOnly Property DTE As DTE
'Usage
Dim instance As IncrementalSearch 
Dim value As DTE 
value = instance.DTE
DTE DTE { get; }
property DTE^ DTE {
    DTE^ get ();
}
function get DTE () : DTE
Property Value
Type: EnvDTE.DTE
A DTE object.
Remarks
In Visual Studio, the DTE object is the root of the automation model, which other object models often call "Application".
Examples
Sub testIS2()
    ' Before running, open a document in Visual Studio.
    ' Set variables for text pane.
    Dim tp As EnvDTE80.TextPane2
    tp = CType(DTE.ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Object.ActivePane, _
    TextPane2)
    ' Start an incremental search backward from
    ' the current insertion point in the document.
    tp.IncrementalSearch.StartBackward()
    ' Add the character "a" to the search pattern.
    tp.IncrementalSearch.AppendCharAndSearch(Asc("a"))
    ' Display the parent name for IncrementalSearch object.
    MsgBox("IncrementalSearch parent: " & _
    tp.IncrementalSearch.DTE.FullName)
    MsgBox("Search pattern length: " & _
    tp.IncrementalSearch.Pattern.Length)
    ' Perform incremental search using the pattern ("a").
    tp.IncrementalSearch.SearchWithLastPattern()
    ' After the search, exit incremental search mode.
    MsgBox("DeleteCharAndBackup")
    tp.IncrementalSearch.DeleteCharAndBackup()
    MsgBox("SearchForward")
    tp.IncrementalSearch.SearchForward()
    MsgBox("SearchBackward")
    tp.IncrementalSearch.SearchBackward()
    MsgBox("Exit")
    tp.IncrementalSearch.Exit()
End Sub
.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.