RegisterEditorExtensionAttribute.Register Method

Registers the editor extension.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides Sub Register ( _
    context As RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext _
)

public override void Register(
    RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext context
)

public:
virtual void Register(
    RegistrationAttribute::RegistrationContext^ context
) override

abstract Register : 
        context:RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext -> unit  
override Register : 
        context:RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext -> unit

public override function Register(
    context : RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext
)

Parameters

• context
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext

  A RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext that describes the location and values of a registry key.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	This method throws an ArgumentNullException if context is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

Provides registration information about a VSPackage when called by an external registration tool such as RegPkg.exe.

VSPackages implementing the RegisterEditorExtensionAttribute class do not need to call this method, since it is called by the registration tools.

The following registry entry is created by RegisterEditorExtensionAttribute:

<VSROOT>\Editors\{FactoryGuid}\Extensions\Extension=Priority

.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

RegisterEditorExtensionAttribute Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell Namespace

RegisterEditorExtensionAttribute

Other Resources

Managed Package Registration

Registering VSPackages