IVsExtensibleObject::GetAutomationObject Method (String^, Object^)

Visual Studio 2015

Returns an automation object.

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

Syntax

int GetAutomationObject(
	String^ pszPropName,
	[OutAttribute] Object^% ppDisp
)

pszPropName: Type: System::String^
[in] The environment passes a null when an automation consumer calls your automation object.

ppDisp: Type: System::Object^
[out] Pointer to the IDispatch interface of the object to be returned.

Type: System::Int32

If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.

From vsshell.idl:

HRESULT IVsExtensibleObject::GetAutomationObject(
   [in] LPCOLESTR pszPropName,
   [out] IDispatch **ppDisp
);

The environment calls this method when an automation consumer tries to use your the automation object of your VSPackage.

See illustrations of the implementation of this interface in the .f70f18ac-6544-465f-a031-5eba0ef02572