VisualizerDevelopmentHost Constructor (Object, Type)

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.DebuggerVisualizers
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.DebuggerVisualizers (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.DebuggerVisualizers.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub New ( _
    objectToVisualize As Object, _
    visualizer As Type _
)

public VisualizerDevelopmentHost(
    Object objectToVisualize,
    Type visualizer
)

public:
VisualizerDevelopmentHost(
    Object^ objectToVisualize, 
    Type^ visualizer
)

new : 
        objectToVisualize:Object * 
        visualizer:Type -> VisualizerDevelopmentHost

public function VisualizerDevelopmentHost(
    objectToVisualize : Object, 
    visualizer : Type
)

Parameters

• objectToVisualize
  Type: System.Object

  The data object you want to show in the visualizer. If you are testing a String visualizer, for example, this parameter would be a String that you want to show in the visualizer.

• visualizer
  Type: System.Type

Remarks

Constructor to create a visualizer development hostby using a data object that you want to test the visualizer on and a type that identifies the visualizer class.

Examples

// MyVisualizer is the class you write to create the visualizer 
public class MyVisualizer : DialogDebuggerVisualizer
{
   // Here is where you put the methods to show your visualizer.
   // They are ommitted here for clarity.
   // ...
...// The following method creates and shows the visualizer development host: 
   public static void TestShowVisualizer(object MyDataObject)
   {
      // This statement creates the host:
      VisualizerDevelopmentHost visualizerHost = new VisualizerDevelopmentHost (MyDataObject, typeof(MyVisualizer));
      // This statement calls the host to show the visualizer:
      visualizerHost.ShowVisualizer();
   }
}

.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

VisualizerDevelopmentHost Class

VisualizerDevelopmentHost Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.DebuggerVisualizers Namespace