ProvideDesignerOptionsAttribute Class

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Associates one or more categories with each designer in the registry.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple := True)> _
Public NotInheritable Class ProvideDesignerOptionsAttribute _
    Inherits RegistrationAttribute

'Usage
Dim instance As ProvideDesignerOptionsAttribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = true)]
public sealed class ProvideDesignerOptionsAttribute : RegistrationAttribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets::Class, AllowMultiple = true)]
public ref class ProvideDesignerOptionsAttribute sealed : public RegistrationAttribute

public final class ProvideDesignerOptionsAttribute extends RegistrationAttribute

Remarks

For packages that implement designers, this associates the designer with one or more categories. When applied to a VSPackage that implements a designer like this:

Using MSVSIP = Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell;
[ProvideDesignerOptionsAttribute("categoryA")]
[ProvideDesignerOptionsAttribute("categoryB")]
public sealed class MyVSPackage : MSVSIP.Package
{
// Class body omitted.
}

The resulting registry entries for designer categories include:

Designers\\Options\categoryA
Designers\\Options\\ categoryB

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.RegistrationAttribute
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design.ProvideDesignerOptionsAttribute

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.

See Also

Reference

ProvideDesignerOptionsAttribute Members

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design Namespace

Other Resources

Registering VSPackages (C#)