IVsTaskList::RegisterTaskProvider Method (IVsTaskProvider^, UInt32)

Visual Studio 2015

Registers a task provider with the task list.

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

Syntax

int RegisterTaskProvider(
	IVsTaskProvider^ pProvider,
	[OutAttribute] unsigned int% pdwProviderCookie
)

pProvider: Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop::IVsTaskProvider^
[in] Pointer to the IVsTaskProvider interface.

pdwProviderCookie: Type: System::UInt32
[out] Pointer to an ID for the task provider specified by pProvider.

Type: System::Int32

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

From vsshell.idl:

HRESULT IVsTaskList::RegisterTaskProvider(
   [in] IVsTaskProvider *pProvider,
   [out] VSCOOKIE *pdwProviderCookie
);

Any task provider that wants to make use of the task list must call this method.