VsShellUtilities.IsInAutomationFunction Method

Determines whether the extensibility object is currently executing an automation operation.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function IsInAutomationFunction ( _
    serviceProvider As IServiceProvider _
) As Boolean

public static bool IsInAutomationFunction(
    IServiceProvider serviceProvider
)

public:
static bool IsInAutomationFunction(
    IServiceProvider^ serviceProvider
)

static member IsInAutomationFunction : 
        serviceProvider:IServiceProvider -> bool

public static function IsInAutomationFunction(
    serviceProvider : IServiceProvider
) : boolean

Parameters

• serviceProvider
  Type: IServiceProvider

  IServiceProvider.

Return Value

Type: Boolean
true if the extensibility object is executing an automation operation; otherwise, false.

Remarks

This method is typically called to determine whether to display a message box or other model window. Because these windows require a response from the user, they should be suppressed during automation operations.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

VsShellUtilities Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell Namespace