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Getting a handle on DTE from a library class.

hi guys,
i've got a library class that need to print a message to the outputwindow.. is there a way for me to get a reference to the DTE that it is running under. This library class is called from a text template action
regards.

mickdelaney Monday, September 17, 2007 3:10 PM

You should have an IServiceProvider available in the library, if not just can also try using

DTE dte = Package.GetGlobalService(typeof(DTE)) as DTE;

You will find the Package class in the Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell namespace

Jose Escrich Monday, September 17, 2007 3:29 PM

You should have an IServiceProvider available in the library, if not just can also try using

DTE dte = Package.GetGlobalService(typeof(DTE)) as DTE;

You will find the Package class in the Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell namespace

Jose Escrich Monday, September 17, 2007 3:29 PM

cheers jose,

So i should provider an IServiceProvider in my library..... is there an example in any of the lib's out there...

regards....

mickdelaney Monday, September 17, 2007 3:59 PM

Ok, you're calling your library from an Action so what you can do is the following...

public class MyLibrary

{

IServiceProvider serviceProvider;

public MyLibrary(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)

{

this.serviceProvider = serviceProvider;

DTE dte = (DTE) this.serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(DTE));

}