IVsShell.LoadPackage Method

2014-07-12

Triggers a VSPackage implementation DLL to be loaded into the environment.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function LoadPackage ( _
    ByRef guidPackage As Guid, _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef ppPackage As IVsPackage _
) As Integer

int LoadPackage(
    ref Guid guidPackage,
    out IVsPackage ppPackage
)

int LoadPackage(
    [InAttribute] Guid% guidPackage, 
    [OutAttribute] IVsPackage^% ppPackage
)

abstract LoadPackage : 
        guidPackage:Guid byref * 
        ppPackage:IVsPackage byref -> int

function LoadPackage(
    guidPackage : Guid, 
    ppPackage : IVsPackage
) : int

Parameters

guidPackage
Type: System.Guid%

[in] Unique identifier of the VSPackage.

ppPackage
Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsPackage%

[out, retval] Pointer to the IVsPackage interface of the VSPackage that has just been loaded.

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 vsshell.idl:

HRESULT IVsShell::LoadPackage(
   [in] REFGUID guidPackage,
   [out, retval] IVsPackage **ppPackage
);

This method is called internally, instead of directly by the user. The VSPackage is not registered in the global portion of the registry; it is registered relative to the Microsoft Visual Studio hierarchy in the registry. For more information, see ILocalRegistry2.

.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.

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