As part of the transition of my MZ-Tools add-in to a package I am learning more and more about the “native” way of doing things using the interfaces provided by Visual Studio (SDK) assemblies, which can be used also from an add-in as I explained in this article:

HOWTO: Get a Visual Studio service from an add-in
http://www.mztools.com/articles/2007/MZ2007015.aspx

In a future article I will show how get the icons used in the Solution Explorer (something that can’t be done with the automation model EnvDTE), but first I need a building block that I explain in this new article:

HOWTO: Get the IVsHierarchy and Item Id of EnvDTE.Project and EnvDTE.ProjectItem
http://www.mztools.com/articles/2014/MZ2014006.aspx