InstallByMsiException Class

Visual Studio 2015

Exception thrown when an extension must be installed by a Windows Installer (.msi) file.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

System::Object
  System::Exception
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager::ExtensionManagerException
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager::InstallByMsiException

Syntax

C++

public ref class InstallByMsiException : ExtensionManagerException

Constructors

	Name	Description
	InstallByMsiException()	Creates an InstallByMsiException object.
	InstallByMsiException(String^)	Creates an InstallByMsiException object that has an error message.
	InstallByMsiException(String^, Exception^)	Creates an InstallByMsiException object that has an error message and exposes the inner exception that threw it.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Data	(Inherited from Exception.)
	ErrorCode	(Overrides ExtensionManagerException::ErrorCode.)
	HelpLink	(Inherited from Exception.)
	HResult	(Inherited from Exception.)
	InnerException	(Inherited from Exception.)
	Message	(Inherited from Exception.)
	Source	(Inherited from Exception.)
	StackTrace	(Inherited from Exception.)
	TargetSite	(Inherited from Exception.)

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object^)	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetBaseException()	(Inherited from Exception.)
	GetHashCode()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetObjectData(SerializationInfo^, StreamingContext)	(Inherited from Exception.)
	GetType()	(Inherited from Exception.)
	MemberwiseClone()	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	(Inherited from Exception.)

Events

	Name	Description
	SerializeObjectState	(Inherited from Exception.)

Remarks

Although this API supports the Extension Manager infrastructure, we recommend that you do not use it because it is subject to change.

If an attempt is made to use an extension manager to install a package that does not conform to the VSIX specification, this exception is thrown.

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.