ComUtilities Class

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0 v17.12.40392

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

public ref class ComUtilities abstract sealed

public ref class ComUtilities abstract sealed

class ComUtilities abstract sealed

public static class ComUtilities

type ComUtilities = class

Public Class ComUtilities

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.