IFileExtensionRegistryService2.GetContentTypeForFileName(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.CoreUtility.dll

Package:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.CoreUtility v17.11.260

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Gets the content type associated with the given file name.

public:
 Microsoft::VisualStudio::Utilities::IContentType ^ GetContentTypeForFileName(System::String ^ name);

public:
 Microsoft::VisualStudio::Utilities::IContentType ^ GetContentTypeForFileName(Platform::String ^ name);

Microsoft::VisualStudio::Utilities::IContentType GetContentTypeForFileName(std::wstring const & name);

public Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities.IContentType GetContentTypeForFileName (string name);

abstract member GetContentTypeForFileName : string -> Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities.IContentType

Public Function GetContentTypeForFileName (name As String) As IContentType

Parameters

name: String

The file name. It cannot be null.

Returns

IContentType

The IContentType associated with this name. If no association exists, it returns the "unknown" content type. It never returns null.

Remarks

This method attempts to determine the IContentType of the file based on the information available. For best results, use GetContentTypeForFilePath(String).

Applies to

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