SettingsManager.GetApplicationDataFolder Method

Returns the folder that Visual Studio uses for storing various files such as cache files, backup files, and template files.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings
Assemblies:   Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustOverride Function GetApplicationDataFolder ( _
    folder As ApplicationDataFolder _
) As String

public abstract string GetApplicationDataFolder(
    ApplicationDataFolder folder
)

public:
virtual String^ GetApplicationDataFolder(
    ApplicationDataFolder folder
) abstract

abstract GetApplicationDataFolder : 
        folder:ApplicationDataFolder -> string

public abstract function GetApplicationDataFolder(
    folder : ApplicationDataFolder
) : String

Parameters

• folder
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.ApplicationDataFolder

  The requested folder.

Return Value

Type: System.String
The full path of the requested folder.

.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

SettingsManager Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings Namespace