IToolboxItemCreator.CreateToolboxItem Method

Creates a toolbox item from the specified type.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function CreateToolboxItem ( _
    typeName As String, _
    assemblyName As AssemblyName, _
    itemProperties As IEnumerable(Of KeyValuePair(Of String, String)), _
    extraInfo As IEnumerable(Of KeyValuePair(Of String, String)) _
) As IDataObject

IDataObject CreateToolboxItem(
    string typeName,
    AssemblyName assemblyName,
    IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>> itemProperties,
    IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>> extraInfo
)

Parameters

• typeName
  Type: System.String
  A full hierarchical type name.

• assemblyName
  Type: System.Reflection.AssemblyName
  The assembly in which typeName is found.

• itemProperties
  Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<String, String>>
  Properties obtained from GetPropertyValue for this item.

• extraInfo
  Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<String, String>>
  Collection returned from ExtraInfo for this item.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop.IDataObject
The toolbox item.

Remarks

This method can be called on a background thread.

.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

IToolboxItemCreator Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell Namespace