ProvideGeneratorAttribute Class

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design.Serialization

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design.dll

Registers the given code generator for Visual Basic and Visual C# projects when added to a Package-derived class or a class that implements IVsPackage.

public ref class ProvideGeneratorAttribute sealed : Microsoft::VisualStudio::Shell::RegistrationAttribute

public ref class ProvideGeneratorAttribute sealed : Microsoft::VisualStudio::Shell::RegistrationAttribute

[System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple=true, Inherited=true)]
public sealed class ProvideGeneratorAttribute : Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.RegistrationAttribute

type ProvideGeneratorAttribute = class
    inherit RegistrationAttribute

Public NotInheritable Class ProvideGeneratorAttribute
Inherits RegistrationAttribute

Inheritance: Attribute

RegistrationAttribute
ProvideGeneratorAttribute

Attributes: AttributeUsageAttribute

Constructors

ProvideGeneratorAttribute(Type, String, String, String, Boolean)

Initializes a new instance of ProvideGeneratorAttribute for the given package and generator.

Properties

Description	Gets the description of the generator.
GenerateDesignTimeSource	Gets whether source code is generated for use at design time.
GeneratorType	Gets the type of the code generator.
Name	Gets the name of the generator.
PackageGuid	Gets the GUID of the package containing a project that supports invoking this generator.
TypeId	Override the TypeID property in order to let the RegistrationAttribute derived classes to work with System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetAttributes(...). An attribute derived from this one will have to override this property only if it needs a better control on the instances that can be applied to a class. (Inherited from RegistrationAttribute)

Methods

GetPackageRegKeyPath(Guid)	Gets the registry path (relative to the registry root of the application) of the VSPackage. (Inherited from RegistrationAttribute)
Register(RegistrationAttribute+RegistrationContext)	Registers this attribute with the given context.
Unregister(RegistrationAttribute+RegistrationContext)	Removes the registration information about a VSPackage when called by an external registration tool like regpkg.exe. For more information, see Registering VSPackages.