I'd like to use a colon (:) as part of my extension's DisplayName. I've modified my .vsixmanifest file as such:
<DisplayName>Foo:Bar & Baz</DisplayName>
But, at build time I get an error:
Error trying to read the VSIX manifest file "obj\x86\Debug\extension.vsixmanifest".
The given path's format is not supported.
The docs say nothing about any character limitation, only that DisplayName must be less than 50 characters.
I've even tried encoding the colon, but I get the same error message (above).
<DisplayName>Foo:Bar & Baz</DisplayName>
Is there anyway around this?
How to include a colon in a Visual Studio extension DisplayName
I am afraid that you cannot get what you want.
Colon is an illegal character in the vsixmanifest file and therefore cannot be used in it.
Suggestion
We suggest you could use _ rather than :.
In addition, if you still want this feature, you could suggest this feature on our User Voice Forum.