Set working area, anyone please?

Question

Hi,

See this thread.>>

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1116884&SiteID=1&mode=1

 I was wondering if it's possible to SET the working area

at all please?

 

 

Regards,

S_DS

 

Answer 1

The following is a macro that uses the environment event "OnSTartupCompleted" to set the screen location...this sample sets the main VS window to the bounds of the primary screen...you can set MyScreen to which ever screen you want

Option Strict Off Option Explicit Off Imports System Imports EnvDTE Imports EnvDTE80 Imports System.Diagnostics Imports System.Windows.forms Imports System.Drawing Public Module EnvironmentEvents #Region "Automatically generated code, do not modify" 'Automatically generated code, do not modify 'Event Sources Begin <System.ContextStaticAttribute()> Public WithEvents DTEEvents As EnvDTE.DTEEvents <System.ContextStaticAttribute()> Public WithEvents DocumentEvents As EnvDTE.DocumentEvents <System.ContextStaticAttribute()> Public WithEvents WindowEvents As EnvDTE.WindowEvents <System.ContextStaticAttribute()> Public WithEvents TaskListEvents As EnvDTE.TaskListEvents <System.ContextStaticAttribute()> Public WithEvents FindEvents As EnvDTE.FindEvents <System.ContextStaticAttribute()> Public WithEvents OutputWindowEvents As EnvDTE.OutputWindowEvents <System.ContextStaticAttribute()> Public WithEvents SelectionEvents As EnvDTE.SelectionEvents <System.ContextStaticAttribute()> Public WithEvents SolutionItemsEvents As EnvDTE.ProjectItemsEvents <System.ContextStaticAttribute()> Public WithEvents MiscFilesEvents As EnvDTE.ProjectItemsEvents <System.ContextStaticAttribute()> Public WithEvents DebuggerEvents As EnvDTE.DebuggerEvents 'Event Sources End 'End of automatically generated code #End Region Public Sub SetScreen() Dim MyScreen As Screen = Screen.PrimaryScreen Dim rect As Rectangle = MyScreen.Bounds DTE.MainWindow.Left = rect.Left DTE.MainWindow.Top = rect.Top DTE.MainWindow.Height = rect.Height DTE.MainWindow.Width = rect.Width End Sub Private Sub DTEEvents_OnStartupComplete() Handles DTEEvents.OnStartupComplete SetScreen() End Sub End Module

Answer 2

Hi, I came accross this thread while looking around, and tried out the code, however the interpreter gives me the error: "Reference to a non-shared member requires an object reference.", at the lines:

        DTE.MainWindow.Left = rect.Left
        DTE.MainWindow.Top = rect.Top
        DTE.MainWindow.Height = rect.Height
        DTE.MainWindow.Width = rect.Width

The section "DTE.MainWin" on each line is highlited as having the error.

Any help?

Thanks
Aaron

Answer 3

I don't know where you execute your code. The code you're referring to is meant to be executed as a macro. There it should work because DTE is declared as 

   Public DTE As EnvDTE80.DTE2

inside the module MyMacros._ApplicationObjects

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Armin

Answer 4

Hi, thanks for the reply.

I'm just excicuting it in a form of it's own to test it.  Not sure how the proper way to implement this code would be.

Thanks
Aaron

Answer 5

Outside a macro, which develoment environment do you want to refer to if your Form runs on a client's machine?

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Armin

Answer 6

I'm using Visual Studio 2010

Answer 7

I'm using Visual Studio 2010

LOL  :-) yes, thanks, but I didn't meant which version. What I wanted to say: If there is no VS installed (no matter which version) or not running on the machine on which the app is running, which development environment do you want to refer to? I mean the process you see in the task manager as devenv.exe.

You are just referring to DTE as if there was a DTE. What if not? You must first declare a variable of that type, then assign something, then you can use it. That something is an instance of the develoment environment. To use it via automation call CreateObject. I do not elaborate on this yet as I'm not sure if you even want this.

Or you must write a macro in which DTE is already declared (as stated in my first message) because it refers to the running instance of the IDE in which the macro code is running.

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Armin

Answer 8

Have a look here: Customizing, Automating, and Extending the Development Environment

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Armin