PresentationHelpers.CreateIShape Method

Wrap a ShapeElement from the underlying implementation so that it can be used as a UML modeling IShape. This does not construct or modify a shape. Instead, it provides a convenient reference to an existing shape, or a field within a shape.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility.Presentation
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function CreateIShape ( _
    shape As ShapeElement, _
    field As ShapeField, _
    subfield As ShapeSubField _
) As IShape

public static IShape CreateIShape(
    this ShapeElement shape,
    ShapeField field,
    ShapeSubField subfield
)

[ExtensionAttribute]
public:
static IShape^ CreateIShape(
    ShapeElement^ shape, 
    ShapeField^ field, 
    ShapeSubField^ subfield
)

static member CreateIShape : 
        shape:ShapeElement * 
        field:ShapeField * 
        subfield:ShapeSubField -> IShape

public static function CreateIShape(
    shape : ShapeElement, 
    field : ShapeField, 
    subfield : ShapeSubField
) : IShape

Parameters

• shape
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams.ShapeElement

  The ShapeElement to wrap.

• field
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams.ShapeField

  May be omitted.

• subfield
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams.ShapeSubField

  May be omitted.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility.Presentation.IShape

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type ShapeElement. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

For more information, see:

• How to: Define a Gesture Handler on a Modeling Diagram

.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.

See Also

Reference

PresentationHelpers Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.ArchitectureTools.Extensibility.Presentation Namespace