IVsTaskList2.SetActiveProvider(Guid) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.12.40391

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Selects the provider currently displayed in the tasklist.

public:
 int SetActiveProvider(Guid % rguidProvider);

public int SetActiveProvider (ref Guid rguidProvider);

abstract member SetActiveProvider : Guid -> int

Public Function SetActiveProvider (ByRef rguidProvider As Guid) As Integer

Parameters

rguidProvider: Guid

[in] A Provider Identifier; an object of type REFGUID.

Returns

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  
);

Applies to

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