Can you programatically execute 'Run Custom Tool' on a ProjectItem in C#?

Question

I was wondering if it is possible to execute 'Run Custom Tool' on a file in the VS Solution? I have the ProjectItem object already.

info: C#, Visual Studio 2010 SDK

Answer 1

You'll need to ensure that the ProjectItem is selected, and then run:

DTE.ExecuteCommand("Project.RunCustomTool")

Answer 2

Try to case the Object property value of a ProjectItem to a VSProjectItem. If not null, simply call RunCustomTool() on it.

// assumes you already have a ProjectItem projectItem that is **NOT** null
VSProjectItem vsProjectItem = projectItem.Object as VSProjectItem;
if (vsProjectItem != null)
{
    vsProjectItem.RunCustomTool();
}