TypeConverter.GetProperties Method (Object) (System.ComponentModel)

GetProperties Method (Object)

.NET Framework Class Library

TypeConverter..::.GetProperties Method (Object)

Returns a collection of properties for the type of array specified by the value parameter.

Namespace: System.ComponentModel
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Function GetProperties ( _
    value As Object _
) As PropertyDescriptorCollection

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As TypeConverter
Dim value As Object
Dim returnValue As PropertyDescriptorCollection

returnValue = instance.GetProperties(value)

public PropertyDescriptorCollection GetProperties(
    Object value
)

Visual C++

public:
PropertyDescriptorCollection^ GetProperties(
    Object^ value
)

JScript

public function GetProperties(
    value : Object
) : PropertyDescriptorCollection

Parameters

value: Type: System..::.Object
An Object that specifies the type of array for which to get properties.

Return Value

Type: System.ComponentModel..::.PropertyDescriptorCollection
A PropertyDescriptorCollection with the properties that are exposed for this data type, or nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if there are no properties.

Remarks

As implemented in this class, this method always returns nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

By default, a type does not return properties. An easy implementation of this method can call GetProperties for the correct data type.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

TypeConverter Class

TypeConverter Members

GetProperties Overload

System.ComponentModel Namespace