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NeVeS
NeVeS

Reputation: 78

How to associate existing editor/classifier with a new file extension?

I would like to my Visual Studio extension to have C# syntax highlighting for a file with .customExt. The desirable effect is easily achievable form VS UI : Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> File Extension, but how to achieve similar effect from extension level? Is it possible to get existing VS csharp classifier? Or maybe there is a way to associate .customExt to existing Microsoft Visual C# editor?

I have tried:

[Export]
[FileExtension(".customExt")]
[ContentType("CSharp")]
internal static FileExtensionToContentTypeDefinition hiddenFileExtensionDefinition;

but it obviously does not work as expected.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 239

Answers (1)

NeVeS
NeVeS

Reputation: 78

I found a solution on how to associate a custom file type with the existing editor here:

New extension: CSS Is Less

It is very simple, it only requires adding .pkgdef file to VSIX project:

[$RootKey$\Languages\File Extensions\.customExt]
@="{694dd9b6-b865-4c5b-ad85-86356e9c88dc}"

[$RootKey$\Editors\{08467b34-b90f-4d91-bdca-eb8c8cf3033a}\Extensions]
"customExt"=dword:00000027

The file should have the following properties set:

  • Copy to Output Directory: Copy always
  • Include in VSIX: True

Upvotes: 1

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