ProvideLoadKeyAttribute.RegKeyName Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.14.0.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0.dll

Package:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0 v17.11.40262

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Registry Key name for this package's load key information.

public:
 System::String ^ RegKeyName(Microsoft::VisualStudio::Shell::RegistrationAttribute::RegistrationContext ^ context);

std::wstring RegKeyName(Microsoft::VisualStudio::Shell::RegistrationAttribute::RegistrationContext const & context);

public string RegKeyName (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext context);

member this.RegKeyName : Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext -> string

Public Function RegKeyName (context As RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext) As String

Parameters

context: RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext

Returns

String

Remarks

Important

Packages that target Visual Studio 2010 only do not need a package load key.

Packages that target Visual Studio 2008 and earlier must have a package load key in order to validate and load VSPackages. This includes VSPackages provided by third parties, regardless of whether the hosting version of Visual Studio has a VSIP license.

This output is formatted with "Packages\\GUID", for instance:

Packages\\C251EB20-B76C-4ece-91BE-7A25E6B02BD4

The Visual C# language automatically appends the word "Attribute" to the name of any attribute class. In Visual C# code, refer to this attribute as ProvideLoadKey.

Applies to

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