RegisterEditorExtensionAttribute Constructor

Initializes a new RegisterEditorExtensionAttribute for the supplied factory type and extension.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub New ( _
    factoryType As Object, _
    extension As String, _
    priority As Integer _
)

public RegisterEditorExtensionAttribute(
    Object factoryType,
    string extension,
    int priority
)

public:
RegisterEditorExtensionAttribute(
    Object^ factoryType, 
    String^ extension, 
    int priority
)

new : 
        factoryType:Object * 
        extension:string * 
        priority:int -> RegisterEditorExtensionAttribute

public function RegisterEditorExtensionAttribute(
    factoryType : Object, 
    extension : String, 
    priority : int
)

Parameters

factoryType
Type: System.Object

One of following types:

The type of the editor factory expressed as a string.

The GUID of the editor factory.

The type of the editor factory.

extension
Type: System.String

The file extension to associate with the editor factory. This extension should include the prefix ".".

priority
Type: System.Int32

The priority of this editor factory. Editors with higher priority numbers are given a chance to read a file first. Upon failure, the next editor in priority order is used.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	This method throws an ArgumentNullException if: Factory GUID value passed in factoryType is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). extension is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentException	This method throws an ArgumentException if: The factory GUID string cannot be converted to a GUID object. Extension does not begin with a ".".

ArgumentNullException

This method throws an ArgumentNullException if:

Factory GUID value passed in factoryType is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
extension is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

ArgumentException

This method throws an ArgumentException if:

The factory GUID string cannot be converted to a GUID object.
Extension does not begin with a ".".

Remarks

This constructor is useful if you do not have access to the editor factory because it is implemented elsewhere.

Examples

The following C# code applies the RegisterEditorExtension attribute to a VSPackage named BasicEditor.

using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell;
using MSVSIP = Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell;
[MSVSIP.RegisterEditorExtension(typeof(EditorFactory), ".myext", 32, "{A2FE74E1-B743-11d0-AE1A-00A0C90FFFC3}", "..\\..\\Templates", 106)]
public class BasicEditor : MSVSIP.Package {}

.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.