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VSTADTEProviderClass.GetVSDTE Method

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Starts the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) and obtains an instance of the DTE object for the host application that is specified by the bstrHostID parameter.

HRESULT GetVSDTE(
   [in] BSTR bstrHostID,
   [in] DWORD dwTimeout,
   [out,
   retval] _DTE** ppDTE
);

Parameters

  • bstrHostID
    The host ID of the host application.

  • dwTimeout
    The time in milliseconds to wait for the IDE to start before failing. Pass 0 (zero) to wait indefinitely.

  • ppDTE
    A pointer to the DTE object.

Return Value

An S_OK if the method succeeds; otherwise, an error code.

Remarks

E_FAIL is the generic failure code. A failure might also return any of the standard values returned from HRESULT_FROM_WIN32. If the BSTR is null, this method returns E_INVALIDARG.

See Also

Reference

VSTADTEProviderClass Class

Other Resources

IDE Automation Unmanaged Reference (Visual Studio Tools for Applications)