VSIX: Getting DTE object

Question

My Visual Studio package requires the use of an EnvDTE.DTE variable, but it always gets back as null. After reading up on many hacks, all of them say to use the OnShellPrope

Answer 1

I know you selected an answer already but you did specify that you didnt want to use the MEF so I thought I would post an alternative just for the sake of completeness....;p

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;

namespace DTETesting
{
    class Program
    {
        const string ACTIVE_OBJECT = "VisualStudio.DTE.10.0";
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            EnvDTE80.DTE2 MyDte;
            MyDte = (EnvDTE80.DTE2)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetActiveObject(ACTIVE_OBJECT);
            Console.WriteLine("The Edition is "+MyDte.Edition);
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}