EditingContext Class (System.Activities.Presentation)

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EditingContext Class

Contains contextual state information for a designer, such as the WorkflowDesigner. This includes permanent state information, such as the list of services running in the designer. It also includes transient state consisting of context items including the set of currently selected objects as well as the editing tool being used to manipulate objects on the design surface.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Activities.Presentation.EditingContext

Namespace:  System.Activities.Presentation
Assembly:  System.Activities.Presentation (in System.Activities.Presentation.dll)
Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Class EditingContext _
	Implements IDisposable
C#
public class EditingContext : IDisposable
Visual C++
public ref class EditingContext : IDisposable
F#
type EditingContext =  
    class
        interface IDisposable
    end

The EditingContext type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public method EditingContext Initializes a new instance of the EditingContext class.
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Properties

  Name Description
Public property Items Returns the local collection of context items stored by the current editing context.
Public property Services Returns the service manager used in the current editing context.
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Methods

  Name Description
Protected method CreateContextItemManager Creates an instance of the context item manager that is returned by the Items property.
Protected method CreateServiceManager Creates an instance of the service manager to be returned from the Services property.
Public method Dispose() Immediately releases any unmanaged resources used by the object.
Protected method Dispose(Boolean) Immediately releases the unmanaged resources used by the current EditingContext object.
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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Events

  Name Description
Public event Disposing Occurs when the Dispose method is called or when the EditingContext object is finalized and collected by the garbage collector of the Microsoft .NET common language runtime.
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Remarks

The EditingContext represents the communication boundary that is shared between the hosting application and the Windows Workflow Designer. The EditingContext was implemented as a concrete class for ease of use. Override CreateServiceManager() and CreateContextItemManager() to use customized managers derived from ServiceManager and ContextItemManager.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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