Probes for type converters and typeimports in the type converter folder specified. If an assembly is found, all non-abstract types which derive from TypeConverter are stored in the _typeConverters hashtable. TypeConverter instances are stored under their full name. If a type is seen multiple times, it is skipped after the first time. If an exception occurs, the typeconverter is skipped. All .typeimports files are read and processed as well and read types are stored inside this store and reported to callers for type shortcut definitions.

Probes for type converters and typeimports in the folder specified as AdditionalTypeConverters folder in the project properties. Method is used right after a project has been loaded and the typeconverters are loaded into the type converters store inside this project.