IVsToolboxDataProvider2 Members

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Provides support for additional Toolbox features. In particular, IVsToolboxDataProvider2 is used to implement Toolbox persistence through the vssettings feature. Users will save and retrieve such information through the Import/Export Settings command, found on the IDE's Tools menu.

The IVsToolboxDataProvider2 type exposes the following members.

Methods

  Name Description
Public method GetDisplayName Retrieves the localized name of the data provider.
Public method GetItemID Used by the environment to retrieve and saves the canonical ID for the given Toolbox tab when a user selects the export option from the Import/Export Settings feature available on the IDE’s Tools menu.
Public method GetItemTipInfo Supplies ToolTip data for a Toolbox item.
Public method GetPackageGUID Retrieves the GUID of the VSPackage to which this data provider belongs.
Public method GetProfileData Obtains any extra information, if needed, about a Toolbox item which can be saved through the settings mechanism using the Import/Export Settings feature available on the IDE’ Tools menu.
Public method GetUniqueID Retrieves the unique ID for the given Toolbox tab.
Public method ReconstituteItem Recreates a Toolbox item from data stored using the settings mechanism when a user chooses to retrieve settings using the Import/Export Settings feature available on the IDE’s Tools menu.

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IVsToolboxDataProvider2 Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop Namespace