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Can't access FileCodeModel from Powershell console in Visual Studio 2017 DTE


I'm trying to automate some code-related routines in VisualStudio 2017 using integrated Powershell console and VS Automation model (DTE). When I'm working on Solution/Project/File level, things are ok, e.g.

PS> $dte.ActiveDocument.ProjectItem

IsDirty              : False
FileCount            : 1
Name                 : FeaturesComposition.cs
Collection           : System.__ComObject
Properties           : System.__ComObject
DTE                  : System.__ComObject
Kind                 : {6BB5F8EE-4483-11D3-8BCF-00C04F8EC28C}
ProjectItems         : System.__ComObject
Object               : System.__ComObject
ExtenderNames        : {}
ExtenderCATID        : {610D4615-D0D5-11D2-8599-006097C68E81}
Saved                : True
ConfigurationManager : 
FileCodeModel        : System.__ComObject
Document             : System.__ComObject
SubProject           : 
ContainingProject    : System.__ComObject

But when I come to the code model of some particular file, there is nothing to work with:

PS> $dte.ActiveDocument.ProjectItem.FileCodeModel | Format-List -Property *
System.__ComObject

PS> $dte.ActiveDocument.ProjectItem.FileCodeModel | gm

PS> 

Is it possible to get access to such submodels? Is there any easy way of dispatching EnvDTE.DTE interface to the existing $dte instance? I've tried some ideas below, but without no success.

Add-Type -Path "$env:VSAPPIDDIR\PublicAssemblies\envdte.dll"

PS> # Explicit cast doesn't work
PS> [EnvDTE.DTE]$dte

[ERROR] Cannot convert the "System.__ComObject" value of type "System.__ComObject#{04a72314-32e9-48e2-9b87-a63603454f3e}" to type "EnvDTE.DTE".

PS> # Wrapper works but it's useless
PS> $wrapped = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::CreateWrapperOfType($dte, [EnvDTE.DTEClass])
PS> $wrapped.ActiveDocument.ProjectItem.FileCodeModel

System.__ComObject

PS> # GetComInterfaceForObject gives the same IntPtr as IUnknown:QueryInterface
PS> # different from the call to GetComInterfaceForObject for example,
PS> # so I hoped to get another casting results. But it is the same.
PS> $contract = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::GetComInterfaceForObject($dte, [EnvDTE.DTE])
PS> [EnvDTE.DTE][Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::GetObjectForIUnknown($contract)

[ERROR] Cannot convert the "System.__ComObject" value of type "System.__ComObject#{04a72314-32e9-48e2-9b87-a63603454f3e}" to type "EnvDTE.DTE".

Solution

  • Try this:

     $fileCodeModel = Get-Interface $dte.ActiveDocument.ProjectItem.FileCodeModel ([ENVDTE80.FileCodeModel2])