IVsHelpSystem.ActivateHelpSystem Method

Starts the Help system and displays the table of contents.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function ActivateHelpSystem ( _
    dwFlags As UInteger _
) As Integer

int ActivateHelpSystem(
    uint dwFlags
)

int ActivateHelpSystem(
    [InAttribute] unsigned int dwFlags
)

abstract ActivateHelpSystem : 
        dwFlags:uint32 -> int

function ActivateHelpSystem(
    dwFlags : uint
) : int

Parameters

• dwFlags
  Type: System.UInt32

  [in] Bit flags specifying Help options. Constructed from values in the VHS_COMMAND enumeration. In general, you'll only use VHS_Default.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.

.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

IVsHelpSystem Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop Namespace