IVsTextBuffer::SetLanguageServiceID Method (Guid)

Visual Studio 2015

Sets the unique identifier of the language that is providing colorization and other attribute data to the buffer.

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

Syntax

C++

int SetLanguageServiceID(
	[InAttribute] Guid% guidLangService
)

Parameters

guidLangService: Type: System::Guid
[in] Identifier of the language service. Buffers without languages can be CLSID_NULL.

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 textmgr.idl:

C++

HRESULT IVsTextBuffer::SetLanguageServiceID(
   [in] REFGUID guidLangService
);

This method might require considerable resources, depending upon the underlying implementation of the buffer. That is, it might be very difficult to calculate the size of the buffer if it is a virtual-line-oriented implementation as in Visual Basic.