DescriptionAttribute.DescriptionValue Property (System.ComponentModel)

.NET Framework Class Library

DescriptionAttribute..::.DescriptionValue Property

Gets or sets the string stored as the description.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Protected Property DescriptionValue As String

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim value As String

value = Me.DescriptionValue

Me.DescriptionValue = value

protected string DescriptionValue { get; set; }

Visual C++

protected:
property String^ DescriptionValue {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

JScript

protected function get DescriptionValue () : String
protected function set DescriptionValue (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The string stored as the description. The default value is an empty string ("").

Remarks

The default implementation of the Description property simply returns this value.

This extra property exists so that you can derive from DescriptionAttribute and provide a localized version. The derived localizable DescriptionAttribute will maintain a private Boolean field to indicate if it has been localized. On the first access to the Description property, it will look up the localized string and store it back in the DescriptionValue property.

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

DescriptionAttribute Class

DescriptionAttribute Members

System.ComponentModel Namespace