DesignSurfaceExtensionAttribute Class
Notifies the Visual Studio environment that a VSPackage provides a Type implementing a service to customize or extend services provided by any implementation of DesignSurface at designer load time.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
System.Attribute
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.RegistrationAttribute
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design.DesignSurfaceExtensionAttribute
Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple := True, Inherited := True)> _
Public NotInheritable Class DesignSurfaceExtensionAttribute _
Inherits RegistrationAttribute
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = true, Inherited = true)]
public sealed class DesignSurfaceExtensionAttribute : RegistrationAttribute
The DesignSurfaceExtensionAttribute type exposes the following members.
Constructors
Name | Description | |
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DesignSurfaceExtensionAttribute | Creates a new instance of the DesignSurfaceExtensionAttribute class specifying a given object as providing a VSPackage's implementation of DesignSurfaceExtension. |
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Properties
Name | Description | |
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ExtensionType | The Type of the object registered as providing a VSPackage with an implementation of DesignSurfaceExtension to customize design surfaces. | |
LoadAtIdle | Controls when, relative to the loading of a designer used by a VSPackage, the extensions provided by the implementation of the DesignSurfaceExtensionAttribute registered by DesignSurfaceExtensionAttribute are installed. | |
TypeId | Gets the current instance of this attribute. (Inherited from RegistrationAttribute.) |
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Methods
Name | Description | |
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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 the design surface extension. (Overrides RegistrationAttribute.Register(RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext).) | |
ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) | |
Unregister | Removes the design surface extension registry key. (Overrides RegistrationAttribute.Unregister(RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext).) |
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Explicit Interface Implementations
Name | Description | |
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_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
Attribute Context
Applies to |
Classes providing VSPackages by implementing the IVsPackage interface or the Package interface. |
Repeatable |
No |
Required attributes |
An instance each of ProvideObjectAttribute and ProvideServiceAttribute constructed with the Type of the class registered by the DesignSurfaceExtensionAttribute as implementing the DesignSurfaceExtension. |
Invalid attributes |
None |
This Attribute specifies a Type as implementing a service providing customization or extension of the services provided by any implementation of DesignSurface used by the VSPackage.
DesignSurfaceExtensionAttribute is only used for registration purposes and does not affect how code behaves at runtime.
Instances of this Attribute should only be applied to classes implementing Package for a VSPackage.
Examples
The example below declares that the VSPackage CustomDesigner, provided the class CustomSurfaceExt to customize the design surface it uses.
[ProvideServiceAttribute(typeof(CustomSurfaceExt))]
[ProvideObjectAttribute(typeof(CustomSurfaceExt))]
[DesignSurfaceExtension(typeof(CustomSurfaceExt))]
class CustomDesigner : Package
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.
See Also
Reference
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design Namespace
DesignSurfaceExtensionAttribute