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IVsTaskItem.Category Method

Returns the category of a task item.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function Category ( _
    <OutAttribute> pCat As VSTASKCATEGORY() _
) As Integer
int Category(
    VSTASKCATEGORY[] pCat
)
int Category(
    [OutAttribute] array<VSTASKCATEGORY>^ pCat
)
abstract Category : 
        pCat:VSTASKCATEGORY[] byref -> int
function Category(
    pCat : VSTASKCATEGORY[]
) : int

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.

Remarks

COM Signature

From vsshell.idl:

HRESULT IVsTaskItem::Category(
   [out, retval] VSTASKCATEGORY *pCat
);

The category is not shown to the user, but is used for filtering and sorting when switching between different views of the task list.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

IVsTaskItem Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop Namespace