IVsTaskList2.SetActiveProvider Method
Selects the provider currently displayed in the tasklist.
Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Function SetActiveProvider ( _
ByRef rguidProvider As Guid _
) As Integer
int SetActiveProvider(
ref Guid rguidProvider
)
int SetActiveProvider(
[InAttribute] Guid% rguidProvider
)
abstract SetActiveProvider :
rguidProvider:Guid byref -> int
function SetActiveProvider(
rguidProvider : Guid
) : int
Parameters
rguidProvider
Type: Guid%[in] A Provider Identifier; an object of type REFGUID.
Return Value
Type: Int32
If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.
Remarks
Selecting the provider currently displayed in the tasklist should not be done automatically (e.g. in response to a build or run action), but only when explicitly requested by the user. Users get annoyed when we switch things like this automatically.
COM Signature
From vsshell80.idl:
HRESULT SetActiveProvider(
[in] REFGUID rguidProvider
);
.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.