ExternalSettingsManager.GetApplicationDataFolder Method

Returns the folder that Visual Studio uses for storing various files such as cache files, backup files, and template files

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings
Assemblies:   Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.12.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.12.0.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.11.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides NotOverridable Function GetApplicationDataFolder ( _
    folder As ApplicationDataFolder _
) As String

public override sealed string GetApplicationDataFolder(
    ApplicationDataFolder folder
)

public:
virtual String^ GetApplicationDataFolder(
    ApplicationDataFolder folder
) override sealed

abstract GetApplicationDataFolder : 
        folder:ApplicationDataFolder -> string  
override GetApplicationDataFolder : 
        folder:ApplicationDataFolder -> string

public override final function GetApplicationDataFolder(
    folder : ApplicationDataFolder
) : String

Parameters

• folder
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.ApplicationDataFolder

  The requested folder.

Return Value

Type: String
The full path of the requested folder.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

ExternalSettingsManager Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings Namespace