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IVsUIShell.ShowContextMenu Method

Shows the context menu for the active menu object.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function ShowContextMenu ( _
    dwCompRole As UInteger, _
    ByRef rclsidActive As Guid, _
    nMenuId As Integer, _
    pos As POINTS(), _
    pCmdTrgtActive As IOleCommandTarget _
) As Integer
int ShowContextMenu(
    uint dwCompRole,
    ref Guid rclsidActive,
    int nMenuId,
    POINTS[] pos,
    IOleCommandTarget pCmdTrgtActive
)
int ShowContextMenu(
    [InAttribute] unsigned int dwCompRole, 
    [InAttribute] Guid% rclsidActive, 
    [InAttribute] int nMenuId, 
    [InAttribute] array<POINTS>^ pos, 
    [InAttribute] IOleCommandTarget^ pCmdTrgtActive
)
abstract ShowContextMenu : 
        dwCompRole:uint32 * 
        rclsidActive:Guid byref * 
        nMenuId:int * 
        pos:POINTS[] * 
        pCmdTrgtActive:IOleCommandTarget -> int
function ShowContextMenu(
    dwCompRole : uint, 
    rclsidActive : Guid, 
    nMenuId : int, 
    pos : POINTS[], 
    pCmdTrgtActive : IOleCommandTarget
) : int

Parameters

  • rclsidActive
    Type: System.Guid%

    [in] Specifies the GUID of the context menu in the .ctc file.

  • nMenuId
    Type: System.Int32

    [in] Identifier of the context menu to show from the .ctc file.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.

Remarks

COM Signature

From vsshell.idl:

HRESULT IVsUIShell::ShowContextMenu(
   [in] DWORD dwCompRole,
   [in] REFCLSID rclsidActive,
   [in] LONG nMenuId,
   [in] REFPOINTS pos,
   [in] IOleCommandTarget *pCmdTrgtActive
);

All commands are routed first to the IOleCommandTarget passed in pCmdTrgtActive.

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See Also

Reference

IVsUIShell Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop Namespace