VsShellUtilities Class

Provides static helper methods to use with the Visual Studio shell.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.VsShellUtilities

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class VsShellUtilities

public static class VsShellUtilities

public ref class VsShellUtilities abstract sealed

[<AbstractClass>]
[<Sealed>]
type VsShellUtilities =  class end

public final class VsShellUtilities

The VsShellUtilities type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	ShellIsInitialized
	ShellIsShuttingDown
	ShellIsZombie

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Methods

	Name	Description
	ApplyListViewThemeStyles	Modifies a Windows Forms ListView control to use the new Explorer style theme.
	ApplyTreeViewThemeStyles(TreeView)	Modifies a Windows Forms TreeView control to use the new Explorer style theme. Hot tracking is enabled by default.
	ApplyTreeViewThemeStyles(TreeView, Boolean)	Modifies a Windows Forms TreeView control to use the new Explorer style theme.
	EmptyTaskList	Empties the task list.
	GetCfgProvider
	GetDebugMode	Gets the current debug mode of the shell, for example, design mode, running mode, or break mode.
	GetEnvironmentFont	Retrieve the host's environment font as a Font.
	GetErrorListItems
	GetHierarchy	Gets the hierarchy node that is specified by the project GUID.
	GetMiscellaneousProject(IServiceProvider)	Gets the miscellaneous project from the current solution.
	GetMiscellaneousProject(IServiceProvider, Boolean)	Returns the miscellaneous project in a solution.
	GetOutputWindowPane	Gets the output window pane that is specified by the GUID.
	GetPackageExtensionPoint<TExtensionPoint, TInterface>
	GetProject	Returns a project for the specified document.
	GetRDTDocumentInfo	Gets an IVsPersistDocData interface and a document cookie from the running document table for the specified document.
	GetRunningDocumentContents	Gets the text of the specified file, if it exists in the running document table.
	GetTaskItems	Obsolete. Gets a list of tasks.
	GetTaskItems2	Obsolete. Gets a list of all task items.
	GetTaskItems3
	GetTextView	Gets the text view in the specified window frame.
	GetUIHierarchyWindow	Gets a window for the given GUID.
	GetWindowObject	Gets the window that exists in the specified window frame.
	IsDocumentOpen	Determines whether the specified document is open.
	IsInAutomationFunction	Determines whether the extensibility object is currently executing an automation operation.
	IsSolutionBuilding	Determines whether the build manager is busy.
	IsVisualStudioInDesignMode	Determines whether Visual Studio is in design mode (as opposed to run mode or debug mode).
	LaunchDebugger	Starts the debugger.
	LookupPackageString
	OpenAsMiscellaneousFile	Opens the specified miscellaneous file in the specified editor.
	OpenBrowser(String)
	OpenBrowser(String, UInt32)
	OpenDocument(IServiceProvider, String)	Opens the specified document.
	OpenDocument(IServiceProvider, String, Guid, IVsUIHierarchy%, UInt32%, IVsWindowFrame%)	Opens the specified document in the specified view.
	OpenDocument(IServiceProvider, String, Guid, IVsUIHierarchy%, UInt32%, IVsWindowFrame%, IVsTextView%)	Opens the specified document in the specified logical view.
	OpenDocumentWithSpecificEditor(IServiceProvider, String, Guid, Guid)	Opens the specified document by using the specified editor.
	OpenDocumentWithSpecificEditor(IServiceProvider, String, Guid, Guid, IVsUIHierarchy%, UInt32%, IVsWindowFrame%)	Opens the specified document by using the specified editor.
	OpenSystemBrowser
	PromptYesNo	Displays a message box that contains the specified title and prompts the user to respond (yes or no) to the specified message.
	RenameDocument	Renames the specified document.
	SaveFileIfDirty(IVsTextView)	If the file is dirty, saves it in the specified text view.
	SaveFileIfDirty(IServiceProvider, String)	Saves the specified file if it is dirty.
	SetOleCmdText
	ShowMessageBox	Displays a message box with the specified message.
	TryGetPackageExtensionPoint<TExtensionPoint, TInterface>

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Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell Namespace