IVsStatusbar.FreezeOutput Method

Article
02/04/2013

Inhibits updates to the status text area.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function FreezeOutput ( _
    fFreeze As Integer _
) As Integer

int FreezeOutput(
    int fFreeze
)

int FreezeOutput(
    [InAttribute] int fFreeze
)

abstract FreezeOutput : 
        fFreeze:int -> int

function FreezeOutput(
    fFreeze : int
) : int

Parameters

fFreeze
Type: System.Int32
[in] true tells the environment to place a freeze on the status bar. No further updates can be made until the freeze is released. false releases the freeze.

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 IVsStatusbar::FreezeOutput(
   [in] BOOL fFreeze
);

You can make multiple calls to FreezeOutput, that is, status bar freezes can be nested. Each nested call must be matched with a call to release the corresponding freeze. Call GetFreezeCount to retrieve the current number of freezes in effect.

.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.