ProvideMenuResourceAttribute.Register Method

Provides registration information about a VSPackage when called by an external registration tool such as regpkg.exe. For more information, see Registering VSPackages.

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 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

VSPackages implementing the ProvideMenuResourceAttribute class do not need to call the Register method. Register is called by the registration tools.

Registry Entries

• The following registry entries are created by the ProvideMenuResourceAttributeclass:

• <VSROOT>\Menus\

• <VSROOT>\Menus\{PackageGuid}=", ResourceID, Version"

.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

ProvideMenuResourceAttribute Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell Namespace

Other Resources

Registering VSPackages