CompletionSet.GetDescriptionText Method

Gets a description for the specified item in the completion list.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package
Assemblies:   Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.11.0.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.10.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.10.0.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.9.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.9.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetDescriptionText ( _
    index As Integer, _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef description As String _
) As Integer
public int GetDescriptionText(
    int index,
    out string description
)
public:
virtual int GetDescriptionText(
    int index, 
    [OutAttribute] String^% description
) sealed
abstract GetDescriptionText : 
        index:int * 
        description:string byref -> int  
override GetDescriptionText : 
        index:int * 
        description:string byref -> int
public final function GetDescriptionText(
    index : int, 
    description : String
) : int

Parameters

  • index
    Type: System.Int32

    [in] The index of the item for which to get a description.

  • description
    Type: System.String%

    [out] Returns the description, or nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if there is no description.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
If successful, returns S_OK; otherwise, returns an error.

Implements

IVsCompletionSet.GetDescriptionText(Int32, String%)

Remarks

The description text is typically displayed in a tool tip next to the item currently selected in the completion list.

This method is an implementation of the GetDescriptionText method on the IVsCompletionSet interface.

The base method forwards the call to the GetDescription method on the Declarations object that was passed to the Init method. The base method always returns a success code of S_OK.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

CompletionSet Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package Namespace