IVsUIShell::GetErrorInfo Method (String^)

Visual Studio 2015

Gets the text of error messages.

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

Syntax

int GetErrorInfo(
	[OutAttribute] String^% pbstrErrText
)

pbstrErrText: Type: System::String^
[out] Pointer to a string containing the error text.

Type: System::Int32

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

From vsshell.idl:

HRESULT IVsUIShell::GetErrorInfo(
   [out]BSTR *pbstrErrText
);

This method is equivalent to calling the Windows API GetErrorInfo.