IContentTypeRegistryService::AddContentType Method (String^, IEnumerable<String^>^)

Creates and adds a new content type.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.CoreUtility (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.CoreUtility.dll)

Syntax

IContentType^ AddContentType(
	String^ typeName,
	IEnumerable<String^>^ baseTypeNames
)

baseTypeNames: Type: System.Collections.Generic::IEnumerable<String^>^
The list of content type names to be used as base content types. Optional.

Exception	Condition
InvalidOperationException	typeName or one of the baseTypeNames is the name of UnknownContentType, or the content type already exists, or one of the base types would introduce a cyclic base type relationship.
ArgumentException	typeName is null or empty.