IVsInstalledProduct.OfficialName Method

Obtains a pointer to the string containing the official name of the product that is displayed in the splash screen and About dialog box on the Help menu.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function OfficialName ( _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef pbstrName As String _
) As Integer
int OfficialName(
    out string pbstrName
)
int OfficialName(
    [OutAttribute] String^% pbstrName
)
abstract OfficialName : 
        pbstrName:string byref -> int
function OfficialName(
    pbstrName : String
) : int

Parameters

  • pbstrName
    Type: String%

    [out] Pointer to the string to be displayed in the splash screen and About dialog box.

Return Value

Type: Int32
If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.

Remarks

COM Signature

From vsshell.idl:

HRESULT IVsInstalledProduct::OfficialName(
   [out, retval] BSTR *pbstrName
);

IVsInstalledProduct.OfficialName is used to display the product name shown in the splash screen and About dialog box. If you only want to provide information in the About dialog box and do not want to support the splash screen then do not implement IVsInstalledProduct. Information can be added to the About dialog box alone using the registry.

Examples

You can place the hard-coded paths and strings used by this method in your project's resource file.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

IVsInstalledProduct Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop Namespace