CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute Class

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07/12/2014

Adds a custom file generator registry entry for a specific file type.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.RegistrationAttribute
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple := True, Inherited := True)> _
Public NotInheritable Class CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute _
    Inherits RegistrationAttribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = true, Inherited = true)]
public sealed class CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute : RegistrationAttribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets::Class, AllowMultiple = true, Inherited = true)]
public ref class CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute sealed : public RegistrationAttribute

[<Sealed>]
[<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = true, Inherited = true)>]
type CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute =  
    class 
        inherit RegistrationAttribute 
    end

public final class CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute extends RegistrationAttribute

The CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute	Initializes a new instance of the CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute class. Creates a new CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute attribute to register a custom code generator for the provided context.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	ContextGuid	Gets the GUID representing the project type.
	GeneratesDesignTimeSource	Gets or sets the GeneratesDesignTimeSource registry value.
	GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource	Gets or sets the GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource registry value.
	GeneratorGuid	Get the GUID representing the generator type.
	GeneratorName	Gets the generator name.
	GeneratorRegKeyName	Gets or sets the generator registry key name.
	GeneratorType	Gets the generator type.
	TypeId	Gets the current instance of this attribute. (Inherited from RegistrationAttribute.)

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	GetHashCode	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	IsDefaultAttribute	When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	Match	When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	Register	Registers this attribute with the given context. (Overrides RegistrationAttribute.Register(RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext).)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Unregister	Unregisters the code generator with the given context. (Overrides RegistrationAttribute.Unregister(RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext).)

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Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	_Attribute.GetIDsOfNames	Maps a set of names to a corresponding set of dispatch identifiers. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute.GetTypeInfo	Retrieves the type information for an object, which can be used to get the type information for an interface. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute.GetTypeInfoCount	Retrieves the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1). (Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute.Invoke	Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object. (Inherited from Attribute.)

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Remarks

For example:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Generators\{fae04ec1-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}\MyGenerator]

"CLSID"="{AAAA53CC-3D4F-40a2-BD4D-4F3419755476}"

"GeneratesDesignTimeSource" = d'1'

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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