IOleComponentUIManager.ShowHelp Method (UInt32, Guid, POINT, UInt32, String, UInt32)
Visual Studio 2015
Requests the display of Help information.
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.dll)
int ShowHelp( uint dwCompRole, [InAttribute] ref Guid rclsidComp, POINT posMouse, uint dwHelpCmd, string pszHelpFile, uint dwData )
Parameters
- dwCompRole
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Type:
System.UInt32
[in] Role of the VSPackage object requesting the Help display. For a list of valid dwCompRole values, see OLEROLE.
- rclsidComp
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Type:
System.Guid
[in] Class identifier (CLSID) of the VSPackage object requesting the Help display.
- posMouse
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Type:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop.POINT
[in] Identifies the position of the mouse.
- dwHelpCmd
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Type:
System.UInt32
[in] Identifies the Help command to be invoked.
- pszHelpFile
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Type:
System.String
[in] Points to the path to the Help file to be displayed.
- dwData
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Type:
System.UInt32
[in] Data specific to the VSPackage object.
Return Value
Type: System.Int32If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.
From oleipc.idl:
HRESULT IOleComponentUIManager::ShowHelp( [in] DWORD dwCompRole, [in] REFCLSID rclsidComp, [in] POINT posMouse, [in] DWORD dwHelpCmd, [in] LPOLESTR pszHelpFile, [in] DWORD dwData );
ShowHelp calls the legacy SVsHelpService service. VSPackages can access a newer service for help by calling QueryService and requesting SID_SVsHelp and IID_Help.
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