IVsSccAddWebProjectFromSourceControl::BrowseForServerLocation Method (String^, String^, String^, String^, String^)

Visual Studio 2015

Presents a dialog box to the user to browse for a source control server location.

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

Syntax

C++

int BrowseForServerLocation(
	[OutAttribute] String^% pbstrLocationDescription,
	[OutAttribute] String^% pbstrLocalPath,
	[OutAttribute] String^% pbstrDatabasePath,
	[OutAttribute] String^% pbstrAuxiliarPath,
	[OutAttribute] String^% pbstrProviderName
)

Parameters

pbstrLocationDescription: Type: System::String^
[out] Returns a user-friendly description of the returned path (for example, "Project <MyProject> from database <GemSS>").

pbstrLocalPath: Type: System::String^
[out] Returns a suggested local path where the project will be stored. The user can override this string.

pbstrDatabasePath: Type: System::String^
[out] Returns the location of the database (this will not be shown to the user). This value is passed directly to the AddWebProjectFromSourceControl method.

pbstrAuxiliarPath: Type: System::String^
[out] Returns an additional path if the source control package requires it. This is passed directly to the AddWebProjectFromSourceControl method.

pbstrProviderName: Type: System::String^
[out] Returns a string identifying the source control package being used. This string is passed directly to the AddWebProjectFromSourceControl method.

Return Value

Type: System::Int32

If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. The method returns E_FAIL if the user cancels the dialog box. Otherwise, the method returns an error code.

Remarks

COM Signature

From ivssccaddwebprojectfromsourcecontrol.idl

C++

HRESULT BrowseForServerLocation(
   [out] BSTR * pbstrLocationDescription,
   [out] BSTR * pbstrLocalPath,
   [out] BSTR * pbstrDatabasePath,
   [out] BSTR * pbstrAuxiliarPath,
   [out] BSTR * pbstrProviderName
);

The returned information is used in another browse dialog box (supplied by Visual Studio) in which the user selects a Web-based project to add and the location to store it in. All of this information is passed on to the AddWebProjectFromSourceControl method.