We have a task where we create a custom toolbox and then drag and drop components
to the open documents(winforms) in the VS.Net 2005 IDE. We have a VSIP package for this.
I was trying to get the DesignerHost for the current open window so that we can add components to
the container. I could do this using the SDTE service and then getting the DesignerHost from it shown below.
DTE sdte = this.GetService(typeof(SDTE)) as DTE;
if (sdte != null)
{
if (sdte.ActiveDocument != null)
foreach (Window W in sdte.ActiveDocument.Windows)
{
IDesignerHost Host = W.Object as IDesignerHost;
if (Host != null)
return Host;
}
}
return null;
The DesignerHost has a container where we can add components.
But there was a mention of not using the Automation model (DTE) with the VSIP package (MPF).
I then tried getting the active window using the IVsUIShell service and then getting the
Windowframe from it. However the DesignerHost is not exposed. Is there a way
where we can get it.
IVsUIShell uiShell = GetService(typeof(SVsUIShell)) as IVsUIShell;
IEnumWindowFrames windowFramesEnum;
uiShell.GetDocumentWindowEnum(out windowFramesEnum);
windowFrame.GetProperty((int)__VSFPROPID.VSFPROPID_DocView, out data)
The purpose here is to add components to the document in the Vs.Net ide. Any other
approach would also be helpful.
IDesignerHost using VSIP
Grigory Bushuev
Hi. In your post you say:
"But there was a mention of not using the Automation model (DTE) with the VSIP package (MPF)"
Can you tell me where you learned of this.
Thanks,
Herman Post
MavecO
You can access the IDesignerHost interface using the following code snippet.
// Get the window frame object for document associated with the IDesignerHost
string
logicalViewGuid = EnvDTE.Constants.vsViewKindDesigner; IVsWindowFrame windowFrame;System.
IServiceProvider serviceProvider = this.ProjectMgr.Site; // Use your global service provider object string fullPathToDocument = this.Url; // Use whatever full path you have to the document IVsUIHierarchy hier; uint itemid;Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.
VsShellUtilities.IsDocumentOpen(serviceProvider, fullPathToDocument, new Guid(logicalViewGuid), out hier, out itemid, out windowFrame); if (windowFrame != null){
object docView;windowFrame.GetProperty((
int)__VSFPROPID.VSFPROPID_DocView, out docView); if (docView != null){
System.
IServiceProvider sp = docView as System.IServiceProvider; if (sp != null){
System.ComponentModel.Design.
IDesignerHost host = sp.GetService(typeof(System.ComponentModel.Design.IDesignerHost)) as System.ComponentModel.Design.IDesignerHost;System.Diagnostics.
Debug.WriteLine(host.RootComponentClassName);}
}
}
/Ole
Samster