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IVsMonitorSelection.GetCurrentSelection Method

Visual Studio 2010

Returns the current project hierarchy, project item, and selection container for the current selection.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.dll)
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int GetCurrentSelection(
	out IntPtr ppHier,
	out uint pitemid,
	out IVsMultiItemSelect ppMIS,
	out IntPtr ppSC
)

Parameters

ppHier
Type: System.IntPtr%
[out] Pointer to the IVsHierarchy interface of the current project hierarchy if the selection belongs to a single hierarchy. If the selection belongs to multiple hierarchies, ppHier is set to null.
pitemid
Type: System.UInt32%
[out] Pointer to the identifier for the current project item. If pitemid is set to VSITEMID_SELECTION, the current selection involves multiple items. These items can be accessed using the IVsMultiItemSelect interface pointed to by ppMIS.
ppMIS
Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsMultiItemSelect%
[out] Pointer to the IVsMultiItemSelect interface to be used to access a multiple selection.
ppSC
Type: System.IntPtr%
[out] Pointer to the ISelectionContainer interface to be used to access data for the Properties window.

Return Value

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

COM Signature

From vsshell.idl:

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HRESULT IVsMonitorSelection::GetCurrentSelection(
   [out] IVsHierarchy        **ppHier,
   [out] VSITEMID             *pitemid,
   [out] IVsMultiItemSelect  **ppMIS,
   [out] ISelectionContainer **ppSC
);
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