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HOWTO: Getting the "View" command bar of Visual Studio .NET from an add-in

Article ID: 555186 - View products that this article applies to.

Author: Carlos Quintero MVP

SUMMARY

This article describes how to get the "View" command bar of the main menu of Visual Studio .NET in order to add new entries to it from an add-in.

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This article describes how to get the "View" command bar of the main menu of Visual Studio .NET in order to add new entries to it from an add-in, since DTE.CommandBars.Item("View") returns a different command bar.

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In order to retrieve the "View" command bar of the main menu of Visual Studio .NET, you have to iterate through the controls of the "MenuBar" command bar, casting them to a command bar popup and checking its name. The following VB.NET add-in snippet shows the technique:

   Private m_objDTE As EnvDTE.DTE

   Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, ByVal connectMode As Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode, _
      ByVal addInInst As Object, ByRef custom As System.Array) Implements Extensibility.IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection

      Dim objMenuBarCommandBar As CommandBar
      Dim objViewCommandBar As CommandBar
      Dim objCommandBarControl As CommandBarControl
      Dim objCommandBarPopup As CommandBarPopup
      Dim sControlList As String

      m_objDTE = DirectCast(application, EnvDTE.DTE)

      Try

         objMenuBarCommandBar = m_objDTE.CommandBars.Item("MenuBar")

         For Each objCommandBarControl In objMenuBarCommandBar.Controls

            If objCommandBarControl.Type = MsoControlType.msoControlPopup Then

               objCommandBarPopup = DirectCast(objCommandBarControl, CommandBarPopup)

               If objCommandBarPopup.CommandBar.Name = "View" Then

                  objViewCommandBar = objCommandBarPopup.CommandBar

                  Exit For

               End If

            End If

         Next

         sControlList = "Controls currently visible on the View CommandBar: " & Microsoft.VisualBasic.ControlChars.CrLf

         For Each objCommandBarControl In objViewCommandBar.Controls

            If objCommandBarControl.Visible Then

               sControlList &= Microsoft.VisualBasic.ControlChars.CrLf & objCommandBarControl.Caption

            End If

         Next

         System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(sControlList)

      Catch objException As System.Exception

         System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(objException.ToString)

      End Try

   End Sub

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Article ID: 555186 - Last Review: August 27, 2004 - Revision: 1.0

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Academic Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Developer
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Developer
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Edition

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