IVsColorableItem.GetDisplayName Method

Gets the display name of the custom colorable item.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function GetDisplayName ( _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef pbstrName As String _
) As Integer
int GetDisplayName(
    out string pbstrName
)
int GetDisplayName(
    [OutAttribute] String^% pbstrName
)
abstract GetDisplayName : 
        pbstrName:string byref -> int
function GetDisplayName(
    pbstrName : String
) : int

Parameters

  • pbstrName
    Type: System.String%

    [out] Returns a localized string containing the display name for the custom colorable item.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.

Remarks

COM Signature

From textmgr.idl:

HRESULT IVsColorableItem::GetDisplayName(
   [out] BSTR * pbstrName
);

The display name is used in the in the Options dialog box for customization of colors, as well as comparison in inter-language merging of colorable items. This name is also used to track any user customizations of a particular colorable item. See Custom Colorable Items for details.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

IVsColorableItem Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop Namespace

Other Resources

Custom Colorable Items