IVsUIShell::ShowContextMenu Method (UInt32, Guid, Int32, array<POINTS>^, IOleCommandTarget^)

Visual Studio 2015
 

Shows the context menu for the active menu object.

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

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int ShowContextMenu(
	unsigned int dwCompRole,
	[InAttribute] Guid% rclsidActive,
	int nMenuId,
	array<POINTS>^ pos,
	IOleCommandTarget^ pCmdTrgtActive
)

Parameters

dwCompRole
Type: System::UInt32

[in] Do not use.

rclsidActive
Type: System::Guid

[in] Specifies the GUID of the context menu in the .ctc file.

nMenuId
Type: System::Int32

[in] Identifier of the context menu to show from the .ctc file.

pos
Type: array<Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop::POINTS>^

[in] Specifies the position to place the context menu.

pCmdTrgtActive
Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop::IOleCommandTarget^

[in] Pointer to the IOleCommandTarget interface of the active menu object. Can be null.

Return Value

Type: System::Int32

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

From vsshell.idl:

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HRESULT IVsUIShell::ShowContextMenu(
   [in] DWORD dwCompRole,
   [in] REFCLSID rclsidActive,
   [in] LONG nMenuId,
   [in] REFPOINTS pos,
   [in] IOleCommandTarget *pCmdTrgtActive
);

All commands are routed first to the IOleCommandTarget passed in pCmdTrgtActive.

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