Walkthrough: Accessing the DTE Object from an Editor Extension
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In VSPackages, you can get the DTE object by calling the GetService method with the type of the DTE object. In Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) extensions, you can import SVsServiceProvider and then call the GetService method with a type of DTE.
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To get the DTE object from the ServiceProvider
Create a C# VSIX project named
DTETest. Add an Editor Classifier item template and name itDTETest. For more information, see Creating an Extension with an Editor Item Template.Add the following assembly references to the project:
EnvDTE
EnvDTE80
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Immutable.10.0
Go to the DTETest.cs file, and add the following
usingdirectives:using EnvDTE; using EnvDTE80; using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell;
In the
GetDTEProviderclass, import a SVsServiceProvider.[Import] internal SVsServiceProvider ServiceProvider = null;
In the
GetClassifier()method, add the following code.DTE dte = (DTE)ServiceProvider.GetService(typeof(DTE));If you have to use the DTE2 interface, you can cast the DTE object to it.