ICategorizeProperties Interface
Provides category names and maps categories to properties for display in the Properties window.
Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<InterfaceTypeAttribute()> _
<GuidAttribute("4D07FC10-F931-11CE-B001-00AA006884E5")> _
Public Interface ICategorizeProperties
[InterfaceTypeAttribute()]
[GuidAttribute("4D07FC10-F931-11CE-B001-00AA006884E5")]
public interface ICategorizeProperties
[InterfaceTypeAttribute()]
[GuidAttribute(L"4D07FC10-F931-11CE-B001-00AA006884E5")]
public interface class ICategorizeProperties
[<InterfaceTypeAttribute()>]
[<GuidAttribute("4D07FC10-F931-11CE-B001-00AA006884E5")>]
type ICategorizeProperties = interface end
public interface ICategorizeProperties
The ICategorizeProperties type exposes the following members.
Methods
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
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GetCategoryName | Returns a BSTR containing the category name. |
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MapPropertyToCategory | Returns the property category value for the specified property. |
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Remarks
The Properties window displays properties either alphabetically or grouped by categories.
A VSPackage implements ICategorizeProperties so that Visual Studio can display the project's or project elements' properties in the appropriate categories in its property view.
You implement the interface like all interfaces in the Active Template Library (ATL); you derive your control class from ICategorizeProperties, add the interface entry to the control's interface map, and implement the two methods, MapPropertyToCategory and GetCategoryName.
Notes to Implementers
Implemented by VSPackages to allow properties to be displayed by category in the Properties window rather than alphabetically.