ShellSettingsManager Class
Visual Studio 2012
Represents the settings stored inside Visual Studio.
Object
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.SettingsManager
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Settings.ShellSettingsManager
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.SettingsManager
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Settings.ShellSettingsManager
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0.dll)
The ShellSettingsManager type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Equals | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetApplicationDataFolder | Gets the folder that Visual Studio uses for storing various cache, backup, template, etc. files (Overrides SettingsManager.GetApplicationDataFolder(ApplicationDataFolder).) |
| GetCollectionScopes | Gets the scopes that contain the given collection. (Overrides SettingsManager.GetCollectionScopes(String).) |
| GetCommonExtensionsSearchPaths | Gets the list of folders that Visual Studio uses for installing/discovering machine-wide extensions. (Overrides SettingsManager.GetCommonExtensionsSearchPaths().) |
| GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetPropertyScopes | Gets the scopes that contain the given property. (Overrides SettingsManager.GetPropertyScopes(String, String).) |
| GetReadOnlySettingsStore | Gets the SettingsStore class for the requested scope that can be used for read-only operations. (Overrides SettingsManager.GetReadOnlySettingsStore(SettingsScope).) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetWritableSettingsStore | Gets the WritableSettingsStore object for the requested scope which can be used both for reading and writing. (Overrides SettingsManager.GetWritableSettingsStore(SettingsScope).) |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
This class allows you to search for properties and collections in different scopes. It contains references to the SettingsScope and WritableSettingsStore classes for further manipulation of the collections and properties in the scope. This class implements the IDisposable pattern and must be disposed after it is no longer necessary.
