Component.Container Property (System.ComponentModel)

.NET Framework Class Library

Component..::.Container Property

Gets the IContainer that contains the Component.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public ReadOnly Property Container As IContainer

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As Component
Dim value As IContainer

value = instance.Container

[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public IContainer Container { get; }

Visual C++

[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public:
property IContainer^ Container {
    IContainer^ get ();
}

JScript

public function get Container () : IContainer

Property Value

Type: System.ComponentModel..::.IContainer
The IContainer that contains the Component, if any, or nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if the Component is not encapsulated in an IContainer.

Remarks

The components in a container are tracked in a first-in, first-out list, which also defines the order of the components within the container. The last component added is the last component in the list.

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

Component Class

Component Members

System.ComponentModel Namespace

IContainer

Container