ModelingPackage.GetToolWindow Method (Type, Boolean)

Gets a tool window.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Shell
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.Shell.12.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.Shell.12.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetToolWindow ( _
    toolWindowType As Type, _
    forceCreate As Boolean _
) As ToolWindow

public ToolWindow GetToolWindow(
    Type toolWindowType,
    bool forceCreate
)

public:
ToolWindow^ GetToolWindow(
    Type^ toolWindowType, 
    bool forceCreate
)

member GetToolWindow : 
        toolWindowType:Type * 
        forceCreate:bool -> ToolWindow

public function GetToolWindow(
    toolWindowType : Type, 
    forceCreate : boolean
) : ToolWindow

Parameters

• toolWindowType
  Type: System.Type

  The type of tool window to retrieve.

• forceCreate
  Type: System.Boolean

  true to return only tool windows that belong to the Domain-Specific Language Designer package; otherwise, false.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Shell.ToolWindow
The tool window or null if no tool window is returned.

Remarks

Only single-instance tool windows are supported. Therefore, a 1:1 mapping always results.

When the forceCreate parameter is true, IVsToolWindowFactory creates the tool window. For more information, see IVsToolWindowFactory.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

ModelingPackage Class

GetToolWindow Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Shell Namespace