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TypeConverter.CreateInstance Method (IDictionary)

.NET Framework 4.5

Re-creates an Object given a set of property values for the object.

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

public Object CreateInstance(
	IDictionary propertyValues
)

Parameters

propertyValues: Type: System.Collections.IDictionary
An IDictionary that represents a dictionary of new property values.

Return Value

Type: System.Object
An Object representing the given IDictionary, or null if the object cannot be created. This method always returns null.

Remarks

Use this method for objects that are immutable, but for which you want to provide changeable properties.

The dictionary provided by the propertyValues parameter has a series of name/value pairs, one for each property returned from GetProperties.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

Reference

TypeConverter Class

CreateInstance Overload

System.ComponentModel Namespace

IDictionary

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