IVsLibrary2::UpdateCounter Method (UInt32)

Visual Studio 2015

Returns the current change counter for the library and is used to indicate that the library contents have changed.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0.dll)

Syntax

C++

int UpdateCounter(
	[OutAttribute] unsigned int% pCurUpdate
)

Parameters

pCurUpdate: Type: System::UInt32
[out] Returns the current update counter.

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 vsshell80.idl:

C++

HRESULT IVsLibrary2::UpdateCounter(
   [out] ULONG *pCurUpdate
);

The update counter is incremented any time an update is made to a library. The environment calls this method to get the current update counter to determine if it is necessary to again query a library object.