Help2.GetNextTopic(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSHelp80

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.12.40391

Given a URL returns the next URL in the table of contents.

public:
 System::String ^ GetNextTopic(System::String ^ bstrURL);

public:
 Platform::String ^ GetNextTopic(Platform::String ^ bstrURL);

std::wstring GetNextTopic(std::wstring const & bstrURL);

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(14)]
public string GetNextTopic (string bstrURL);

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(14)>]
abstract member GetNextTopic : string -> string

Public Function GetNextTopic (bstrURL As String) As String

Parameters

bstrURL

String

String containing the URL of the current topic that is compatible with Internet Explorer.

Returns

String

Returns a string containing the URL of the next topic in the table of contents.

Implements

GetNextTopic(String)

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

Examples

Create a Visual Studio add-in by using Visual C# as described in How to: Create an Add-In. Add references to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSHelp, Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSHelp80, and System.Windows.Forms. Replace the code in the OnConnection method in the Connect.cs file with the following code. Run the code example as described in How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

using System;  
using Extensibility;  
using EnvDTE;  
using EnvDTE80;  
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSHelp;  
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSHelp80;  
using System.Windows.Forms;  

public void OnConnection(object application,  
ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)  
{  
    _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;  
    _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;  
    HelpGetNextURLExample(_applicationObject);  
}  

public void HelpGetNextURLExample(DTE2 dte)  
{  
    // Returns and displays the URL of the topic that followins  
    // the topic specified  
    // by the URL in the table of contents.  
    try  
    {  
        Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSHelp80.Help2 help2 =  
(Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSHelp80.Help2)_applicationObject.GetObject ("Help2");  

        // Get the next URL from the Visual Studio topic  
        // and display it.  
        MessageBox.Show("The next URL after the supplied one is "   
+ "\n" + help2.GetNextTopic  
("ms-help://MS.VSCC.v80/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.VisualStudio.v80.en/  
dv_vstoc/html/06ddebea-2c83-4a45-bb48-6264c797ed93.htm"));  

    }  
    catch (SystemException ex)  
    {  
        MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + ex);  
    }  
}