DefaultValueAttribute Class (System.ComponentModel)

    Private MyVar as Boolean = False
    <DefaultValue(False)> _
    Public Property MyProperty() As Boolean
        Get
            Return MyVar
        End Get
        Set
            MyVar = Value
        End Set 
    End Property

private bool myVal=false;

[DefaultValue(false)]
 public bool MyProperty {
    get {
       return myVal;
    }
    set {
       myVal=value;
    }
 }

private:
   bool myVal;

public:
   [DefaultValue(false)]
   property bool MyProperty 
   {
      bool get()
      {
         return myVal;
      }

      void set( bool value )
      {
         myVal = value;
      }
   }

' Gets the attributes for the property.
Dim attributes As AttributeCollection = _
    TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(Me)("MyProperty").Attributes

' Prints the default value by retrieving the DefaultValueAttribute
' from the AttributeCollection. 
Dim myAttribute As DefaultValueAttribute = _
    CType(attributes(GetType(DefaultValueAttribute)), DefaultValueAttribute)
Console.WriteLine(("The default value is: " & myAttribute.Value.ToString()))

// Gets the attributes for the property.
 AttributeCollection attributes = 
    TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(this)["MyProperty"].Attributes;

 /* Prints the default value by retrieving the DefaultValueAttribute 
  * from the AttributeCollection. */
 DefaultValueAttribute myAttribute = 
    (DefaultValueAttribute)attributes[typeof(DefaultValueAttribute)];
 Console.WriteLine("The default value is: " + myAttribute.Value.ToString());

// Gets the attributes for the property.
AttributeCollection^ attributes = TypeDescriptor::GetProperties( this )[ "MyProperty" ]->Attributes;

/* Prints the default value by retrieving the DefaultValueAttribute 
      * from the AttributeCollection. */
DefaultValueAttribute^ myAttribute = dynamic_cast<DefaultValueAttribute^>(attributes[ DefaultValueAttribute::typeid ]);
Console::WriteLine( "The default value is: {0}", myAttribute->Value );