Commands Element
Represents the collection of commands on the VSPackage toolbar. The collection can have up to five subsections, as follows: menus, menu groups, buttons, combos, and bitmaps.
Each subsection child element, for example, <Menu>, is identified by a unique command ID that is a GUID and numeric identifier pair. The GUID identifies the "command set" and is used to group logically related commands. The VSPackage should define its own command set to avoid collisions with command IDs that are defined by other VSPackages.
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
Attribute |
Description |
|---|---|
package |
A GUID that identifies the VSPackage that provides the commands. For example, package="guidVsPackage1Pkg". |
Child Elements
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
Defines all the menus that a VSPackage implements. |
|
Contains entries that define the command groups in a VSPackage. |
|
Groups Button elements. |
|
Groups Bitmap elements. |
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Defines the commands that appear in a combo box. |
Parent Elements
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
Defines all the elements that represent the commands that a VSPackage provides to the IDE. Possible elements are menu items, menus, toolbars, and combo boxes. |
Example
The following example shows how to use a Commands Element.
<Commands package="guidMyPackage">
<Menus>
<Menu Condition="'%(DEBUG)' != 'true'"
guid="cmdSetGuidMyProductCommands" id="menuIDMainMenu"
priority="0x0000" type="Menu">
<Annotation>
<Documentation>this is an annotation</Documentation>
<AppInfo>
<CustomData>
<CustomSubElement>Some data</CustomSubElement>
</CustomData>
</AppInfo>
</Annotation>
<CommandFlag>AlwaysCreate</CommandFlag>
<Strings>
<ButtonText>MainMenu</ButtonText>
</Strings>
</Menu>
</Menus>
<Commands>
See Also
Concepts
How VSPackages Add User Interface Elements to the IDE