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.NET Forum / Visual Studio.NET / Extensibility / January 2006Not all information present when DTE2.Events.SolutionEvents.Opened fires (VS.NET 2005)
My 2005 plugin's cached reference to the DTE2 object reports the Solution.FullName property as "" when it fires. This only seems to happen on newly-created solutions, not on pre-existing solutions that were simply opened. It also seems that not all projects are fully loaded when this event fires (from empirical evidence as well as the extensibility & VSIP team chatlog at http://tinyurl.com/8xzk5). The problems I'm having are all due to the fact that the Opened event no longer fires when the solution and all contained projects are fully loaded (as it appears to have in VS.NET 2003), so my question is this: Does anyone know a good way to determine when a solution (newly-created or loaded) and all projects have completed loading? Thanks in advance for any suggestions/advice, Charles Nicholson Hello Charles, I've never used this event, but I recommend you to take a look at VSIP APIs. There is an IVsSolutionEvents.OnAfterOpenSolution callback there that doesn't seem to have the problem you mentioned. At least, it works ok for me. Regards, Dmitry Shaporenkov JetBrains, Inc http://www.jetbrains.com "Develop with pleasure!" > My 2005 plugin's cached reference to the DTE2 object reports the > Solution.FullName property as "" when it fires. This only seems to [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thanks in advance for any suggestions/advice, > Charles Nicholson > My 2005 plugin's cached reference to the DTE2 object reports the > Solution.FullName property as "" when it fires. This only seems to happen > on newly-created solutions, not on pre-existing solutions that were simply > opened. About this part, see if this bug report of mine helps: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/viewfeedback.aspx?feedbackid=7d46f 433-51f4-4cce-ac5d-7e5b2efc8e1a  SignatureBest regards, Carlos J. Quintero MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio .NET, VB6, VB5 and VBA You can code, design and document much faster in VB.NET, C#, C++ or VJ# Free resources for add-in developers: http://www.mztools.com Hi Charles, > My 2005 plugin's cached reference to the DTE2 object reports the > Solution.FullName property as "" when it fires. This only seems to happen > on newly-created solutions, not on pre-existing solutions that were simply > opened. I can confirm this - we ran headlong into this very issue several months ago. Newly created projects receive an "Opened" even with a null solution pathname, even though it is apparent they have already been saved. To work around it we set a flag and then check for the pathname when other regularly occuring events (e.g WindowActivated or "BeforeExecute") are received. The same behaviour occurs with converted projects, although in that case the solution is not automatically saved by VS until the user chooses to or a build starts. We've seen this in VS2002, VS2003 and VS2005. Be warned however that VS2005 in particular is *very* picky about what add-ins do when it is creating or converting a project. In particular, reading anything from the Visual C++ automation model during these operations is a sure way to run into hard to diagnose problems. It's a real shame the automation interface doesn't provide any obvious way to tell when a project conversion or wizard is running, or the corresponding events. > It also seems that not all projects are fully loaded when this event fires > (from empirical evidence as well as the extensibility & VSIP team chatlog > at http://tinyurl.com/8xzk5). That wouldn't surprise me. > The problems I'm having are all due to the fact that the Opened event no > longer fires when the solution and all contained projects are fully loaded > (as it appears to have in VS.NET 2003), so my question is this: > > Does anyone know a good way to determine when a solution (newly-created or > loaded) and all projects have completed loading? "Opened" is the only way I know of. Try the techniques above to work around it. Kind Regards, Anna-Jayne Metcalfe Software/Product Development Consultant, Riverblade Limited. http://www.riverblade.co.uk > It's a real shame the automation interface doesn't provide any obvious way > to tell when a project conversion or wizard is running, or the > corresponding events. Hi Anna, Could you log your suggestion on the MSDN Product Feedback Center?: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/ MS is working now on Orcas and maybe even with the specs yet. I sent a long list of mine privately to Craig Skibo (MS extensibility team) some time ago, so you can send yours to him or do it officially at that web site. SignatureBest regards, Carlos J. Quintero MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio You can code, design and document much faster: http://www.mztools.com Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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