IFileAssociationCollection.Add Method

Creates a file association and adds it to the collection.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.ManagedInterfaces.Publish
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.ManagedInterfaces.9.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.ManagedInterfaces.9.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub Add ( _
    extension As String, _
    defaultIcon As String, _
    description As String, _
    progid As String _
)

void Add(
    string extension,
    string defaultIcon,
    string description,
    string progid
)

void Add(
    String^ extension, 
    String^ defaultIcon, 
    String^ description, 
    String^ progid
)

abstract Add : 
        extension:string * 
        defaultIcon:string * 
        description:string * 
        progid:string -> unit

function Add(
    extension : String, 
    defaultIcon : String, 
    description : String, 
    progid : String
)

Parameters

• extension
  Type: String

  The file name extension for the file type.

• defaultIcon
  Type: String

  The default icon that is associated with files of this type.

• description
  Type: String

  The description of the program used to open files of this type.

• progid
  Type: String

  The ProgID that identifies the program used to open files of this type.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	extension is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or an invalid file name extension.

Remarks

If an association for the file name extension already exists, the new association replaces it in the collection.

.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

IFileAssociationCollection Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.ManagedInterfaces.Publish Namespace