Hi Shirley,

Based on my understanding, you need to create a specific editor in your
package's ToolWindow to open a misc document,  please correct me know if I
have misunderstood anything.

If so, since your ToolWindow class doesn't have an IServiceProvider
interface, but its parent package has it, how about use the package's
IServiceProvider to get the VsShellUtilities object...

Thanks!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
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Your package is derived from Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package, I
assume. This class implements IServiceProvider, so you should be able to
pass it in to the OpenDocumentWithSpecificEditor method.

               Oliver Sturm

Hi Shirley,

All toolwindows get an IServiceProvider. When a toolwindow is created, it's
IVsWindowPane.SetSite implementation is called with an IOleServiceProvider
that you can call QueryService on. I suspect you're using the new package
wizard generated stuff though, so it's not really obvious how to do this.

A toolwindow implemented with MPF, is typically derived from a
ToolWindowPane object that has a GetService method on it. So you can call
this method to retrieve any specific type of service you require (provided
it's available).

That all being said, it's unclear what exactly you are attempting to do. If
you are simply looking for a way to open a document FROM your toolwindow,
you can use the DTE automation object's ExecuteCommand() or
ItemOperations.FileOpen().

To retreive the DTE object, you just need to call GetService(typeof(_DTE)).

If you are actually talking about implementing/displaying an editor within
the confines of your own toolwindow, there is no support for that. You can
create and parent the core text editor off of your own toolwindow, but
generally speaking other editors won't take to kindly to being parented on
a toolwindow, unless they've actually specifically been designed to support
that).

Sincerely,
Ed Dore [MSFT]

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