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ToolBoxItem2.Data Property

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Definition

Namespace:
EnvDTE80
Assembly:
EnvDTE80.dll
Assembly:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll
Package:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.11.40262

Gets an object containing the IDataObject of the ToolBoxItem on the tool box.

public:
 property System::Object ^ Data { System::Object ^ get(); };
public:
 property Platform::Object ^ Data { Platform::Object ^ get(); };
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(10)]
public object Data { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(10)] get; }
[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(10)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(10)>]
member this.Data : obj
Public ReadOnly Property Data As Object

Property Value

Object

An object containing the data a tool box item contains.

Attributes
DispIdAttribute

Examples

This example selects the second ToolBoxItem2 item and displays its name in a message box. The example also displays assembly information obtained through the ToolBoxItem2.Data object.

Imports EnvDTE  
Imports EnvDTE80  
Sub ToolBoxItemDataExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)  
    Dim tlBox As ToolBox  
    Dim tbxTabs As ToolBoxTabs  
    Dim tbxTab As ToolBoxTab2  
    Dim tbxItem As ToolBoxItem2  
    ' Before running this example, open a Windows Application project.  
    Try  
        ' Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object and  
        ' its tabs.  
        tlBox = CType(_applicationObject.Windows.Item _  
         (Constants.vsWindowKindToolbox).Object, ToolBox)  
        tbxTabs = tlBox.ToolBoxTabs  
        ' Select the second ToolBox tab.  
        tbxTab = CType(tbxTabs.Item(2), ToolBoxTab2)  
        tbxTab.Activate()  
        MsgBox("Toolbox tab name: " & tbxTab.Name)  
        tbxItem = CType(tbxTab.ToolBoxItems.Item(2), ToolBoxItem2)  
        MsgBox("Toolbox item name: " & tbxItem.Name)  
        MsgBox(tbxItem.Name & "'s Assembly type, obtained through  _  
        the Data object:" & vbCr  _  
        & tbxItem.Data.GetType.Assembly.ToString())  
    Catch ex As System.Exception  
        MsgBox("ERROR: " & ex.Message)  
    End Try  
End Sub  

using EnvDTE;  
using EnvDTE80;  
using System.Windows.Forms;  
public void ToolBoxItemDataExample(DTE2 dte)  
{  
    ToolBox tlBox;  
    ToolBoxTabs tbxTabs;  
    ToolBoxTab2 tbxTab;  
    ToolBoxItem2 tbxItem;  
    // Before running this example, open a Windows Application project  
    // and select Toolbox from the View menu.  
    try  
    {  
        // Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object  
        // and its tabs.  
        tlBox = (ToolBox)_applicationObject.Windows.Item  
(Constants.vsWindowKindToolbox).Object;  
        tbxTabs = tlBox.ToolBoxTabs;  
        // Select the second Toolbox tab.  
        tbxTab = (ToolBoxTab2)tbxTabs.Item(2);  
        tbxTab.Activate();  
        MessageBox.Show("Toolbox tab name: " + tbxTab.Name);  
        tbxItem = (ToolBoxItem2)tbxTab.ToolBoxItems.Item(2);  
        MessageBox.Show("Toolbox item name: " + tbxItem.Name);  
        MessageBox.Show(tbxItem.Name + "'s Assembly type,   
obtained through the Data object:" + "\n"   
+ tbxItem.Data.GetType().Assembly.ToString());  
    }  
    catch (Exception ex)  
    {  
        MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + ex.Message);  
    }  
}

Applies to