Hi Bill,

Are you attempting to retrieve an IServiceProvider from within a VSIP
package? I've found a number of instances where I needed to query for a
particular service, only to find I didn't have an actual IServiceProvider
handy.

In these cases you might find it handy to create a static Instance property
for your package object, and a public GetService method that you can use to
retrieve a service. For example::

  .....
  public class SomePackage : MSVSIP.Package
  {
     public static SomePackage Instance = null;
 
     public SomePackage()
     {
        Instance = this;
     }

     public new object GetService(Type serviceType)
     {
        return base.GetService(serviceType);
     }

     .........
  }

Then you can just use
SomePackage.Instance.GetService(typeof(ISomeService)), to retrieve the
interface you're looking for.

Sincerely,
Ed Dore [MSFT]

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