ProvideLoadKeyAttribute.Register Method
Provides registration information about a VSPackage when called by an external registration tool such as regpkg.exe.
Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0.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.RegistrationContextA registration context provided by an external registration tool. The context can be used to create registry keys, log registration activity, and obtain information about the component being registered.
Remarks
Important
Packages that target Visual Studio 2010 only do not need a package load key.
Packages that target Visual Studio 2008 and earlier must have a package load key in order to validate and load VSPackages. This includes VSPackages provided by third parties, regardless of whether the hosting version of Visual Studio has a VSIP license.
The context contains the location where the registration information should be placed. It also contains such information as the type being registered, and the path information.
This method is called both for registration and unregistration. The difference is that unregistering just uses a hive that reverses the changes applied to it.
VSPackages that implement the ProvideLoadKeyAttribute class do not need to call the Register method. Register is called by the registration tools.
.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.