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changing the icon in the Solution Explorer without creating an O/...

Can anyone give directions on setting the icon for the dsl file in the solution explorer?
I want to do this without creating an operating system file association.

I realise that one needs to implement IVsHierarchy and override GetProperty, however I cant file how or where IVsHierarchy ties into the generated DSL code.

Any pointers?

Thanks again guys

Nimble

When you run the Domain-Specific Language Designer Wizard to create new language, click the "File Extension" tab on the left of the wizard. You can select the icon for your model files there. Thanks!

Frank Fan [MSFT]

Jing Fan

Jing, with the June CTP, the icon selection on the "File Extension" tab indeed sets the icon for the language, but the only effect is to associate the icon to the language on the dialog that shows when a user selects "add item" under the experimental hive.
The then created designer file does not show such icon in the solution explorer as we would expect.

Claudio Perrone

In our tools we simply use O/S association to achieve this.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dsl]
@="VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.DomainModelDesigner.1.0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.DomainModelDesigner.1.0]
@="Domain Specific Language Designer"
"AlwaysShowExt"="1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.DomainModelDesigner.1.0\DefaultIcon]
@="[#DslDesignerDll],0"

You can then insert the icon with the /win32icon flag n the csc compiler.

Gareth Jones - Developer - DSL Tools & Software Factories Platform [MSFT]

GarethJ MSFT

In fact I just realized while it is true that the icon is not automatically associated with the DSL designer on the experimental hive, we don't really need to manually touch the registry as the problem is automatically solved when deploying

Claudio Perrone

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