ModelingPackage.AddToolWindow Method

Adds a tool window to the generated designer for a domain-specific language.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Shell
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.Shell.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.Shell.11.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Protected Sub AddToolWindow ( _
    toolWindowType As Type _
)

protected void AddToolWindow(
    Type toolWindowType
)

protected:
void AddToolWindow(
    Type^ toolWindowType
)

member AddToolWindow : 
        toolWindowType:Type -> unit

protected function AddToolWindow(
    toolWindowType : Type
)

Parameters

• toolWindowType
  Type: Type

  The type of tool window to add.

Remarks

If your package supports tool windows, you should call this method when the ModelingPackage class is initialized.

Only single-instance tool windows are supported. Therefore, a 1:1 mapping always results.

Instances of tool windows are created on demand.

Examples

The following example registers a custom tool window that is defined in the CustomToolWindow class.

protected override void Initialize()
  {
     //Initializes the base class for the package 
     base.Initialize();

     //Registers a custom tool window
     this.AddToolWindow(typeof(CustomToolWindow));
  }

.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

ModelingPackage Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Shell Namespace