InstalledProductRegistrationAttribute Class

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02/04/2013

Provides information for the Visual Studio splash screen and the Help About dialog box when applied to a Package-derived class or a class that implements IVsPackage. This class cannot be inherited.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.RegistrationAttribute
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.InstalledProductRegistrationAttribute

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.10.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.10.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class, Inherited := False)> _
Public NotInheritable Class InstalledProductRegistrationAttribute _
    Inherits RegistrationAttribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class, Inherited = false)]
public sealed class InstalledProductRegistrationAttribute : RegistrationAttribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets::Class, Inherited = false)]
public ref class InstalledProductRegistrationAttribute sealed : public RegistrationAttribute

[<Sealed>]
[<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class, Inherited = false)>]
type InstalledProductRegistrationAttribute =  
    class
        inherit RegistrationAttribute
    end

public final class InstalledProductRegistrationAttribute extends RegistrationAttribute

The InstalledProductRegistrationAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	InstalledProductRegistrationAttribute(String, String, String)	Initializes a new instance of InstalledProductRegistrationAttribute with the specified product information.
	InstalledProductRegistrationAttribute(Boolean, String, String, String)	Obsolete. Initializes a new InstalledProductRegistrationAttribute instance for the specified product.
	InstalledProductRegistrationAttribute(String, String, String, Boolean)	Initializes a new instance of InstalledProductRegistrationAttribute the specified product details..

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Properties

	Name	Description
	IconResourceID	Gets or sets the resource ID of the icon associated with the product.
	LanguageIndependentName	Gets or sets the (non-localized) name of the product.
	ProductDetails	Gets or sets the detailed description of the product.
	ProductDetailsResourceID	Gets or sets the product details resource ID.
	ProductId	Gets or sets the product ID.
	ProductName	Gets or sets the name of the product.
	ProductNameResourceID	Gets or sets the resource ID of the product name.
	TypeId	Gets the current instance of this attribute. (Inherited from RegistrationAttribute.)
	UseInterface	Gets or whether the package implements the IVsInstalledProduct interface to display a bitmap in the splash screen and information in the About dialog box on the Help menu.
	UsePackage	Gets or sets whether the product installation uses the package ID.
	UseVsProductId	Determines whether the product ID is the same as the Visual Studio ID.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	GetPackageRegKeyPath	Gets the registry path (relative to the registry root of the application) of the VSPackage. (Inherited from RegistrationAttribute.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	IsDefaultAttribute	When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	Match	When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Register	Registers information about a VSPackage when called by an external registration tool such as regpkg.exe. (Overrides RegistrationAttribute.Register(RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext).)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Unregister	Removes the registration information about a VSPackage when called by an external registration tool such as regpkg.exe. (Overrides RegistrationAttribute.Unregister(RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext).)

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Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	_Attribute.GetIDsOfNames	Maps a set of names to a corresponding set of dispatch identifiers. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute.GetTypeInfo	Retrieves the type information for an object, which can be used to get the type information for an interface. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute.GetTypeInfoCount	Retrieves the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1). (Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute.Invoke	Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object. (Inherited from Attribute.)

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Remarks

When to Call

Apply this attribute to your VSPackage class to provide information that is displayed on the Visual Studio splash screen and the Help About dialog box.

Basic Usage

Create an InstalledProductRegistrationAttribute object to register your VSPackage with the Help About dialog box. The different constructors provide the options to use the IVsInstalledProduct interface (as implemented by the package) to gather the information and display it on the Visual Studio splash screen. To use this attribute, place it on your VSPackage class (a class derived from Package or one that implements IVsPackage).

This attribute is used only to provide data for external registration tools like regpkg.exe. It does not have any effect on the runtime behavior of the VSPackage. For more information, see VSPackage Registration.

Note

Visual C# automatically appends the word Attribute to the name of any attribute class. In Visual C# code, refer to this attribute as InstalledProductRegistration.

Registry Entries

The following registry entries are created by InstalledProductRegistrationAttribute:

<VSROOT>\CLSID\{PackageGuid}
<VSROOT>\CLSID\{PackageGuid}\@=ObjectType.FullName
<VSROOT>\CLSID\{PackageGuid}\InprocServer32=mscoree.dll
<VSROOT>\CLSID\{PackageGuid}\Class=ObjectType.FullName
<VSROOT>\CLSID\{PackageGuid}\Assembly=ObjectType.Assembly.FullName
<VSROOT>\CLSID\{PackageGuid}\ThreadingModel=Both
<VSROOT>\CLSID\{PackageGuid}\CodeBase=context.CodeBase
<VSROOT>\CLSID\{PackageGuid}\SatelliteDll
<VSROOT>\CLSID\{PackageGuid}\SatelliteDll\Path=SatelliteDllPath
<VSROOT>\CLSID\{PackageGuid}\SatelliteDll\DllName=SatelliteDllName

Samples

The standard location for this and all other attributes used for automatic registration is adjacent to the implementation of the Package in VsPkg.cs, VsPkg.vb, or VsPkg.cpp, depending on the language used in the sample.

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.