SettingsType Enumeration

Data types of the properties that are stored inside the collections.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings
Assemblies:   Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Enumeration SettingsType
public enum SettingsType
public enum class SettingsType
type SettingsType
public enum SettingsType

Members

Member name Description
Binary Data type used to store byte streams (arrays).
Int32 Data type used to store 4 byte (32 bits) properties which are Boolean, Int32 and UInt32.

Note that Boolean is stored as 1 byte in the .NET environment, but as a property inside the SettingsStore, it is kept as 4-byte value and any value other than 0 is converted to true and 0 is converted to false.

Int64 Data type used to store 8-byte (64-bit) properties which are Int64 and UInt64.
Invalid Invalid data type.
String Data type used to store the strings.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings Namespace