IContentTypeRegistryService.AddContentType Method

Creates and adds a new content type.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.CoreUtility (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.CoreUtility.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function AddContentType ( _
    typeName As String, _
    baseTypeNames As IEnumerable(Of String) _
) As IContentType

IContentType AddContentType(
    string typeName,
    IEnumerable<string> baseTypeNames
)

IContentType^ AddContentType(
    String^ typeName, 
    IEnumerable<String^>^ baseTypeNames
)

abstract AddContentType : 
        typeName:string * 
        baseTypeNames:IEnumerable<string> -> IContentType

function AddContentType(
    typeName : String, 
    baseTypeNames : IEnumerable<String>
) : IContentType

Parameters

• typeName
  Type: String

  The name of the content type.

• baseTypeNames
  Type: IEnumerable<String>

  The list of content type names to be used as base content types. Optional.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities.IContentType
The IContentType.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
InvalidOperationException	typeName or one of the baseTypeNames is the name of UnknownContentType, or the content type already exists, or one of the base types would introduce a cyclic base type relationship.
ArgumentException	typeName is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or empty.

.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

IContentTypeRegistryService Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities Namespace