ComUtilities Class

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0 v17.13.40008

A class providing miscellaneous methods used when interacting with unmanaged code (COM objects) and interop types

C++/CX

public ref class ComUtilities abstract sealed

Inheritance

Object

ComUtilities

Methods

EnumerableFrom(IEnumHierarchies)	Gets a .NET-style enumerator (IEnumerable<IVsHierarchy>) from the specified Visual Studio COM enumeration interface.
EnumerableFrom(IEnumWindowFrames)	Gets a .NET-style enumerator (IEnumerable<IVsWindowFrame>) from the specified Visual Studio COM enumeration interface.
EnumerableFrom(IVsEnumGuids)	Gets a .NET-style enumerator (IEnumerable<Guid>) from the specified Visual Studio COM enumeration interface.
EnumerableFrom(IVsEnumSearchProviders)	Gets a .NET-style enumerator (IEnumerable<IVsSearchProvider>) from the specified Visual Studio COM enumeration interface.
EnumerableFrom(IVsEnumTaskItems)	Gets a .NET-style enumerator (IEnumerable<IVsTaskItem>) from the specified Visual Studio COM enumeration interface.
EnumerableFrom(IVsUICollection)	Converts a IVsUICollection to an IEnumerable<T>.
EnumerableFrom(IVsUIEnumDataSourceProperties)	Gets a .NET-style enumerator (IEnumerable<VsUIPropertyDescriptor>) from the specified Visual Studio COM enumeration interface.
EnumerableFrom(IVsUIEnumDataSourceVerbs)	Gets a .NET-style enumerator (IEnumerable<string>) from the specified Visual Studio COM enumeration interface.
IsSameComObject(Object, Object)	Verify that object represent the same instance of an object. This essentially compares the IUnkown pointers of the 2 objects. This is needed in scenario where aggregation is involved.
QueryInterfaceIUnknown(Object)	Retrieve the IUnknown for the managed or COM object passed in.

Applies to