ShellSettingsManager Class
Definition
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This is the gateway class to reach for the settings stored inside the Visual Studio. It provides two basic functionality. It allows to search for properties and collections inside the scopes. It hands the SettingsScope and WritableSettingsStore classes for further manipulation of the collections and properties within the scopes.
public ref class ShellSettingsManager sealed : Microsoft::VisualStudio::Settings::SettingsManagerpublic ref class ShellSettingsManager sealed : Microsoft::VisualStudio::Settings::SettingsManagerclass ShellSettingsManager sealed : Microsoft::VisualStudio::Settings::SettingsManagerpublic sealed class ShellSettingsManager : Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.SettingsManagertype ShellSettingsManager = class
inherit SettingsManagerPublic NotInheritable Class ShellSettingsManager
Inherits SettingsManager- Inheritance
Remarks
This class is safe to access from any thread.
Constructors
| ShellSettingsManager(IServiceProvider) |
Constructor for the SettingsManager class. It requires Service Provider to reach IVsSettingsManager which is the interop COM interface of the service that provides the Settings related functionalities. |
| ShellSettingsManager(IVsSettingsManager) |
Constructor which takes a settings manager instance |
Methods
| GetApplicationDataFolder(ApplicationDataFolder) |
Returns the folder that Visual Studio uses for storing various cache, backup, template, etc. files |
| GetCollectionScopes(String) |
Outputs the scopes that contain the given collection. If more than one scope contains the collection, the corresponding bit flags of those scopes are set. |
| GetCommonExtensionsSearchPaths() |
Returns the list of folders that Visual Studio uses for installing/discovering machine-wide extensions. |
| GetPropertyScopes(String, String) |
Outputs the scopes that contain the given property. If more than one scope contains the property, the corresponding bit flags of those scopes are set. |
| GetReadOnlySettingsStore(SettingsScope) |
Provides the SettingsStore class for the requested scope which can be used for read-only operations. |
| GetWritableSettingsStore(SettingsScope) |
Provides the WritableSettingsStore class for the requested scope which can be used both for reading and writing. |