VsShellUtilities Class
Visual Studio 2012
Provides static helper methods to use with the Visual Studio shell.
Namespace:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0.dll)
The VsShellUtilities type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | ApplyListViewThemeStyles | Modifies a Windows Forms ListView control to use the new Explorer style theme. |
| ApplyTreeViewThemeStyles(TreeView) | Modifies a Windows Forms TreeView control to use the new Explorer style theme. Hot tracking is enabled by default. |
| ApplyTreeViewThemeStyles(TreeView, Boolean) | Modifies a Windows Forms TreeView control to use the new Explorer style theme. |
| EmptyTaskList | Empties the task list. |
| GetCfgProvider | |
| GetDebugMode | Gets the current debug mode of the shell, for example, design mode, running mode, or break mode. |
| GetEnvironmentFont | Retrieve the host's environment font as a Font. |
| GetErrorListItems | |
| GetHierarchy | Gets the hierarchy node that is specified by the project GUID. |
| GetMiscellaneousProject(IServiceProvider) | Gets the miscellaneous project from the current solution. |
| GetMiscellaneousProject(IServiceProvider, Boolean) | Returns the miscellaneous project in a solution. |
| GetOutputWindowPane | Gets the output window pane that is specified by the GUID. |
| GetPackageExtensionPoint<TExtensionPoint, TInterface> | |
| GetProject | Returns a project for the specified document. |
| GetRDTDocumentInfo | Gets an IVsPersistDocData interface and a document cookie from the running document table for the specified document. |
| GetRunningDocumentContents | Gets the text of the specified file, if it exists in the running document table. |
| GetTaskItems | Obsolete. Gets a list of tasks. |
| GetTaskItems2 | Obsolete. Gets a list of all task items. |
| GetTaskItems3 | |
| GetTextView | Gets the text view in the specified window frame. |
| GetUIHierarchyWindow | Gets a window for the given GUID. |
| GetWindowObject | Gets the window that exists in the specified window frame. |
| IsDocumentOpen | Determines whether the specified document is open. |
| IsInAutomationFunction | Determines whether the extensibility object is currently executing an automation operation. |
| IsSolutionBuilding | Determines whether the build manager is busy. |
| IsVisualStudioInDesignMode | Determines whether Visual Studio is in design mode (as opposed to run mode or debug mode). |
| LaunchDebugger | Starts the debugger. |
| LookupPackageString | |
| OpenAsMiscellaneousFile | Opens the specified miscellaneous file in the specified editor. |
| OpenBrowser(String) | |
| OpenBrowser(String, UInt32) | |
| OpenDocument(IServiceProvider, String) | Opens the specified document. |
| OpenDocument(IServiceProvider, String, Guid, IVsUIHierarchy, UInt32, IVsWindowFrame) | Opens the specified document in the specified view. |
| OpenDocument(IServiceProvider, String, Guid, IVsUIHierarchy, UInt32, IVsWindowFrame, IVsTextView) | Opens the specified document in the specified logical view. |
| OpenDocumentWithSpecificEditor(IServiceProvider, String, Guid, Guid) | Opens the specified document by using the specified editor. |
| OpenDocumentWithSpecificEditor(IServiceProvider, String, Guid, Guid, IVsUIHierarchy, UInt32, IVsWindowFrame) | Opens the specified document by using the specified editor. |
| OpenSystemBrowser | |
| PromptYesNo | Displays a message box that contains the specified title and prompts the user to respond (yes or no) to the specified message. |
| RenameDocument | Renames the specified document. |
| SaveFileIfDirty(IVsTextView) | If the file is dirty, saves it in the specified text view. |
| SaveFileIfDirty(IServiceProvider, String) | Saves the specified file if it is dirty. |
| SetOleCmdText | |
| ShowMessageBox | Displays a message box with the specified message. |
| TryGetPackageExtensionPoint<TExtensionPoint, TInterface> |
