ProvideToolboxFormatAttribute.Format Property
Gets the name of a supported clipboard format.
Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property Format As String
public string Format { get; }
Property Value
Type: System.String
The name of the clipboard format.
Remarks
This property is set in the constructor. It must be applied together with the ProvideToolboxItemsAttribute attribute to register a VSPackage's support for specific clipboard formats.
Examples
In the example below, a list of the ProvideToolboxFormatAttribute attributes applied to the VSPackage is obtained and the format values are written to standard output.
public void PrintFormats(RegistrationContext context) {
foreach(ProvideToolboxFormatAttribute pfa in
context.ComponentType.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ProvideToolboxFormatAttribute), true)) {
if (format.Length != 0) {
System.Console.WriteLine(pfa.Format);
}
}
}
.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
ProvideToolboxFormatAttribute Class
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell Namespace