IVsToolbox2::AddTabEx2 Method (String^, VSTBXTABVIEW, Guid)

Visual Studio 2015

Adds a tab to the Toolbox, specifying a tab view and a package GUID.

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

Syntax

C++

int AddTabEx2(
	String^ lpszTab,
	VSTBXTABVIEW tv,
	[InAttribute] Guid% guidPkg
)

Parameters

lpszTab: Type: System::String^
[in] The localized name of the tab to add to the Toolbox. The localized name can be obtained from the invariant non-localized name by calling GetIDOfTab.

tv: Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop::VSTBXTABVIEW
[in] Determines whether the tab is in list view or icon view. For a list of ptv values, see VSTBXTABVIEW.

guidPkg: Type: System::Guid
[in] Package GUID identifying your VSPackage.

Return Value

Type: System::Int32

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

Remarks

COM Signature

From vsshell.idl:

C++

HRESULT IVsToolbox2::AddTabEx2(
   [in]LPCOLESTR lpszTab,
   [in]VSTBXTABVIEW tv,
   [in]REFGUID guidPkg
);

The uses the Package GUID to set the UI text for your Toolbox item. In the bstrText element of the TBXITEMINFO structure, you should specify a resource ID of the form "#number". This resource ID must then correspond to the UI string for the Toolbox item in your satellite DLL. The Toolbox persists the package GUID and resource ID for each Toolbox item. This enables it to reassign each Toolbox UI string in the event that the user changes the environment language (locale).