Reshaper plugin sdk how to achieve coloring of special words inside a string...

I would like to achieve a functionality similar to String.Format suggestions from Resharper where unused {0},{1} ... are marked as dimmed.
I could not find an example of a similar feature.
Does anybody have an idea if this functionality is available for the plugins?

Thank you

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I beleive it is possible. The first thing you need to do is create a classification format definition, similar to the following that is used for dead code:

[ClassificationType(ClassificationTypeNames = Name)]
   [Order(After = VsAnalysisPriorityClassificationDefinition.Name, Before = VsHighlightPriorityClassificationDefinition.Name)]
   [Export(typeof(EditorFormatDefinition))]
   [Name(Name)]
   [DisplayName(Name)]
   [UserVisible(true)]
   internal class DeadCodeClassificationDefinition : ClassificationFormatDefinition
   {
     private const string Name = HighlightingAttributeIds.DEADCODE_ATTRIBUTE;
     public DeadCodeClassificationDefinition()
     {
       DisplayName = Name;
       //ForegroundColor = Colors.LightGray;
       ForegroundOpacity = 0.5;
     }
     [Export, Name(Name), BaseDefinition("formal language")]
     internal ClassificationTypeDefinition ClassificationTypeDefinition;
   }

The critical piece in the above is the value of

Name
being
HighlightingAttributeIds.DEADCODE_ATTRIBUTE
— this is the identifier you must use when creating a highlighting for your analysis, e.g.,
[ConfigurableSeverityHighlighting("RedundantStringFormatCall", "CSHARP",
   AttributeId=HighlightingAttributeIds.DEADCODE_ATTRIBUTE, // <-- here
   OverlapResolve=OverlapResolveKind.DEADCODE,ToolTipFormatString = MESSAGE)]

This is how a connection is made between the highlighting and a particular style. The style should also appear in Visual Studio settings:
deadcode.png

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Thank you for your answer.

Is there a problem with the samples that ship with Resharper 7 sdk?
I don;t seem to make any of them to run and do something.
They compile and are installed correctly but no daemon method is called...
Are they somehow out of date?

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Hi, what exactly are you seeing? Do the plugins fail to load, or load but do not operate? If so, do they all fail, or only some of them?

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I'll add a response to this post later.
My work is on my home development machine.

Thanks for asking

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