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WALDO - 07 Jun 2006 15:56 GMT

How can I get the path to devenv.exe, given applicationObect As DTE,
addInInstance As AddIn?

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Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

WALDO

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kehlar - 07 Jun 2006 18:04 GMT

I'm not sure if you can get it via DTE, but it's stored in the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App
Paths\devenv.exe

> How can I get the path to devenv.exe, given applicationObect As DTE,
> addInInstance As AddIn?

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WALDO - 07 Jun 2006 18:47 GMT

Hmm, that doesn't help because I have multiple versions of VS installed. I'm
trying to get at the one that is actually hosting the add-in.

Really and truly, I'm trying to get a path to the Common7\Tools directory
and the SDK directory

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Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

WALDO

> I'm not sure if you can get it via DTE, but it's stored in the registry
> key:
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>> How can I get the path to devenv.exe, given applicationObect As DTE,
>> addInInstance As AddIn?

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Dustin Campbell - 07 Jun 2006 18:53 GMT

Have you tried DTE.FileName?

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Dustin Campbell
Developer Express In

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"Ed Dore" - 07 Jun 2006 22:50 GMT

In addition to Dustin's suggestion, I suspect he meant DTE.FullName, you
can also pull this from the registry. Just look for the InstallDir value
under HLKM\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0.

If by chance you run that addin in more than the retail hive, you can
programatically retrieve the registry key by way of DTE.RegistryRoot, and
query the InstallDir value to get to the appropriate ....\Common7\IDE
directory.

Sincerely,
Ed Dore [MSFT]

This post is 'AS IS' with no warranties, and confers no rights.

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WALDO - 08 Jun 2006 18:06 GMT

Thanks Ed. That's what I was looking for. I guess once I have that, I can
use IO.DirectoryInfo to get me the parent directory (Common7) the combine it
with Tools, then I can get the parent's parent's directory and combine it
with "SDK\v", the framework version (also pulled from the registry [with the
"v" removed]), and "\bin"

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Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

WALDO

> In addition to Dustin's suggestion, I suspect he meant DTE.FullName, you
> can also pull this from the registry. Just look for the InstallDir value
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>
> This post is 'AS IS' with no warranties, and confers no rights.

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Dustin Campbell - 08 Jun 2006 18:25 GMT

> Thanks Ed. That's what I was looking for. I guess once I have that, I
> can use IO.DirectoryInfo to get me the parent directory (Common7) the
> combine it with Tools, then I can get the parent's parent's directory
> and combine it with "SDK\v", the framework version (also pulled from
> the registry [with the "v" removed]), and "\bin"

Note that you can also use Environment.Version to retrieve the current .NET
Framework version.

Best Regards,
Dustin Campbell
Developer Express In

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