WindowHelper.ShowModalElement Method (IVsUIElement, Window)

Creates the specified element and displays it as a modal dialog, using the specified window or the main window of the IDE as the parent.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function ShowModalElement ( _
    element As IVsUIElement, _
    owner As Window _
) As Integer

public static int ShowModalElement(
    IVsUIElement element,
    Window owner
)

public:
static int ShowModalElement(
    IVsUIElement^ element, 
    Window^ owner
)

static member ShowModalElement : 
        element:IVsUIElement * 
        owner:Window -> int

public static function ShowModalElement(
    element : IVsUIElement, 
    owner : Window
) : int

Parameters

• element
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsUIElement

  The element to create and display as a dialog window.

• owner
  Type: System.Windows.Window

  The window to be used as the parent.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
A Win32 button ID, or 0 for unknown.

.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

WindowHelper Class

ShowModalElement Overload

Microsoft.Internal.VisualStudio.PlatformUI Namespace