What is the Visual Studio DTE?

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I have been slowly digging through Visual Studio's SDK, but could not yet figure out what DTE stands for. This is a silly question, but I really can't seem to find it. DTE is super useful, it would be super cool to know what it is as well.

Here you may see some more stuff using DTE. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15580580/autoformat-code-from-command-line/15581025#15581025 — Dilshod, Jun 21 '13 at 16:16

score 35 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 21 '13 at 16:22

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It stands for Development Tools Environment.

They don't seem to mention it much, the only page on MSDN I could find that says what it stands for is this one.

answered Jun 21 '13 at 16:22

Sam

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Seems, that link isn't relevant anymore, is it? – Bohdan Kuts May 31 '18 at 10:45

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 21 '13 at 16:21

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DTE = "Development Tools Environment"

Essentially, I understand it to be the part of Visual Studio that lets you interact with the computer itself. This can control things such as active windows and applications.

answered Jun 21 '13 at 16:21

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 07 '17 at 18:42

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From MSDN:

EnvDTE is an assembly-wrapped COM library containing the objects and members for Visual Studio core automation.

answered Jun 07 '17 at 18:42

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What is the Visual Studio DTE?

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