EditorFactory Class

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02/04/2013

This class provides a default editor factory implementation that hosts the Visual Studio core editor.

This API is not CLS-compliant.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.EditorFactory

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package
Assemblies:   Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.9.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.9.0.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.10.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.10.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
<CLSCompliantAttribute(False)> _
Public Class EditorFactory _
    Implements IVsEditorFactory

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
public class EditorFactory : IVsEditorFactory

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
public ref class EditorFactory : IVsEditorFactory

[<ComVisibleAttribute(true)>]
[<CLSCompliantAttribute(false)>]
type EditorFactory =  
    class
        interface IVsEditorFactory
    end

public class EditorFactory implements IVsEditorFactory

The EditorFactory type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	EditorFactory()	Initializes a new instance of EditorFactory.
	EditorFactory(Package)	Creates an instance of the EditorFactory class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	CodePagePrompt	Gets and sets flags to prompt user for an encoding on an open with specified codepage.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Close	Releases all service provides and sets the package object to nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
	CreateEditorInstance	Used to create the Visual Studio core editor, an editor that supports data/view separation.
	CreateEditorView	Creates a code window with the Visual Studio core editor.
	Equals	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Destructor for the class. (Overrides Object.Finalize().)
	GetExtensions	Returns a list of file extensions registered for this editor factory.
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetLanguageService	Gets the GUID of the language service registered for this file extension under the registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Visual Studio\10.0\Languages\File Extensions.
	GetLanguageServiceGuid	gETs the language service GUID.
	GetPackage	Gets the Package object.
	GetRegisteredEditor	Gets the GUID of the highest-priority editor registered for this extension. This will also pick up user-defined associations between file extensions and editors
	GetRegisteredEditorInfo	Gets the EditorFactory.EditorInfo for the specified extension.
	GetSite	Gets the main service provider.
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetUserDefinedEditor	Gets the GUID of the editor that the user has defined for this file extension.
	IsOurFileFormat	Checks whether there is an editor that can handle this extension.
	IsRegisteredExtension	Determines if a file extension is registered with this editor factory.
	MapLogicalView	Maps a logical view to a physical view.
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	SetSite	Sets the service provider.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Fields

	Name	Description
	GuidVSBufferDetectLangSid	Gets a GUID value in IVsUserData that, when set to false, will stop the core editor for searching for a different language service.

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Remarks

Inherit from this class and add the [ComVisible] and [Guid] attributes, and then specify the EditorFactoryGuid, EditorFactoryGuid and EditorName variables in your Registration class.

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.