IVsFormatFilterProvider::GetFormatFilterList Method (String^)

Visual Studio 2015

Provides the list of available extensions for the Save As dialog.

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

Syntax

C++

int GetFormatFilterList(
	[OutAttribute] String^% pbstrFilterList
)

Parameters

pbstrFilterList: Type: System::String^
[out] The list of available extensions.

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 textmgr.idl:

C++

HRESULT IVsFormatFilterProvider::GetFormatFilterList(
   [out] BSTR *pbstrFilterList
);

If no filter is provided, the default filter string is "All Files (*.*)\n*.*\nText Files (*.txt)\n*.txt\n" This filter list should not contain the All Files filer or Text Files. These will be added by the environment.