TaskProvider Class

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07/12/2014

This class implements IVsTaskProvider. It provides a framework-friendly way to define a task provider and its associated services.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.TaskProvider
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.ErrorListProvider

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Class TaskProvider _
    Implements IVsTaskProvider2, IVsTaskProvider, IVsTaskProvider3, IDisposable

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public class TaskProvider : IVsTaskProvider2, 
    IVsTaskProvider, IVsTaskProvider3, IDisposable

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public ref class TaskProvider : IVsTaskProvider2, 
    IVsTaskProvider, IVsTaskProvider3, IDisposable

[<ComVisibleAttribute(true)>]
type TaskProvider =  
    class 
        interface IVsTaskProvider2 
        interface IVsTaskProvider 
        interface IVsTaskProvider3 
        interface IDisposable 
    end

public class TaskProvider implements IVsTaskProvider2, IVsTaskProvider, IVsTaskProvider3, IDisposable

The TaskProvider type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	TaskProvider	Initializes a new instance of the TaskProvider with the supplied service provider.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	AlwaysVisible	Determines whether or not the provider is always visible in the dropdown menu even though it has no tasks.
	DisableAutoRoute	Gets or sets whether autorouting should be disabled.
	ImageList	Gets or sets the provider's image list (a list of icons for the tasks that belong to the provider).
	MaintainInitialTaskOrder	Gets or sets whether or not the task list should maintain the task order given to it by the task provider.
	ProviderGuid	Gets or sets the GUID of this provider.
	ProviderName	Gets or sets a localized name for this provider.
	Subcategories	Gets a collection of task subcategories.
	Tasks	Gets a collection of tasks.
	ToolbarGroup	Gets or sets a group GUID and toolbar ID indicating which toolbar should be displayed when this provider is active.
	ToolbarId	Gets or sets this provider's toolbar ID.
	VsTaskList	Gets the task list.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Dispose()	Disposes this provider.
	Dispose(Boolean)	Disposes the resources (task collection, task list, and image list) of this provider.
	Equals	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Destroys the provider. (Overrides Object.Finalize().)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetService	Gets the service of the specified type.
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Navigate	Navigates from the task to the correct position in the document, shown in the specified logical view.
	Refresh	Informs the task list that there are new or edited tasks.
	ResumeRefresh	Restarts the refreshing of the task list after it has been suspended.
	Show	Displays the task list window.
	SuspendRefresh	Stops refreshing the task list until ResumeRefresh is called.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	IVsTaskProvider.EnumTaskItems	Gets an enumerator over the task items.
	IVsTaskProvider.ImageList	Gets this provider's image list.
	IVsTaskProvider.OnTaskListFinalRelease	Notifies the client to unregister the task provider from the task list if it has not been unregistered by the time the task list is closing.
	IVsTaskProvider.ReRegistrationKey	Gets the re-registration key.
	IVsTaskProvider.SubcategoryList	Gets a list of subcategories for the tasks of this task provider.
	IVsTaskProvider2.EnumTaskItems	Gets an enumerator over task items.
	IVsTaskProvider2.ImageList	Gets this provider's image list.
	IVsTaskProvider2.MaintainInitialTaskOrder	Gets or sets whether or not the task list should maintain the task order given to it by the task provider.
	IVsTaskProvider2.OnTaskListFinalRelease	Notifies the client to unregister the task provider from the task list if it has not been unregistered by the time the task list is closing.
	IVsTaskProvider2.ReRegistrationKey	Gets the reregistration key.
	IVsTaskProvider2.SubcategoryList	Gets a list of subcategories for the tasks of this task provider.
	IVsTaskProvider3.GetColumn	Gets the definition of the column with the specified index.
	IVsTaskProvider3.GetColumnCount	Gets the total number of columns supported by this provider, including columns that are not visible by default.
	IVsTaskProvider3.GetProviderFlags	Gets the behavior flags for this provider.
	IVsTaskProvider3.GetProviderGuid	Gets a unique GUID for this provider. This is used to persist and restore provider-specific data managed by the task list, such as user customizations of column width and order.
	IVsTaskProvider3.GetProviderName	Gets the name of the provider.
	IVsTaskProvider3.GetProviderToolbar	Gets the provider's toolbar.
	IVsTaskProvider3.GetSurrogateProviderGuid	If this method is implemented, all the provider's tasks will be listed under the surrogate provider in the list as though they belonged to the surrogate provider.
	IVsTaskProvider3.OnBeginTaskEdit	Raised when the user begins editing a task in place.
	IVsTaskProvider3.OnEndTaskEdit	Raised when the user finishes editing a task in-place.

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Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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