CategoryResourceAttribute Class

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02/04/2013

Represents a category in which to group a property when the property is displayed in a PropertyGrid control that is set to Categorized mode.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    System.ComponentModel.CategoryAttribute
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Design.CategoryResourceAttribute

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Design
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.10.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.10.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple := False)> _
Public NotInheritable Class CategoryResourceAttribute _
    Inherits CategoryAttribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = false)]
public sealed class CategoryResourceAttribute : CategoryAttribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets::Property, AllowMultiple = false)]
public ref class CategoryResourceAttribute sealed : public CategoryAttribute

[<Sealed>]
[<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = false)>]
type CategoryResourceAttribute =  
    class
        inherit CategoryAttribute
    end

public final class CategoryResourceAttribute extends CategoryAttribute

The CategoryResourceAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	CategoryResourceAttribute(String, Type)	Initializes a new instance of the CategoryResourceAttribute class by using the specified category name key and type.
	CategoryResourceAttribute(String, Type, String)	Initializes a new instance of the CategoryResourceAttribute class by using the specified category name key, type, and resources name.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Category	Gets the name of the category for the property or event that this attribute is applied to. (Inherited from CategoryAttribute.)
	DisplayNameKey	Gets the key of the category name resource entry.
	ResourceName	Gets the root name of the resource.
	Type	Gets the type that identifies the assembly that contains the resource.
	TypeId	When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute. (Inherited from Attribute.)

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Returns whether the value of the given object is equal to the current CategoryAttribute.. (Inherited from CategoryAttribute.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Returns the hash code for this attribute. (Inherited from CategoryAttribute.)
	GetLocalizedString	Looks up the localized name of the specified category. (Inherited from CategoryAttribute.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	IsDefaultAttribute	Determines if this attribute is the default. (Inherited from CategoryAttribute.)
	Match	When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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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

The Category property of this class returns the category string resource that is localized to the current culture. If a localized string is not available, then the Category property returns the value of the DisplayNameKey property.

When you design a domain-specific language (DSL), the generated code applies this attribute to every property that corresponds to a domain property in the DSL definition.

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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