ToolboxItem.Initialize(Type) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Drawing.Design

Assembly:: System.Drawing.dll

Assembly:: System.Windows.Forms.Design.dll

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Initializes the current toolbox item with the specified type to create.

public:
 virtual void Initialize(Type ^ type);

public virtual void Initialize (Type type);

public virtual void Initialize (Type? type);

abstract member Initialize : Type -> unit
override this.Initialize : Type -> unit

Public Overridable Sub Initialize (type As Type)

Parameters

type: Type

The Type that the toolbox item creates.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

The ToolboxItem was locked.

Remarks

The Initialize method configures the toolbox item to create the specified type, if the CreateComponentsCore method has not been overridden to behave differently.

This method performs the following operations:

Sets the AssemblyName property to an AssemblyName indicating the assembly of the specified type.
Sets the DisplayName property to a short type name based on the name of the specified type.
Adds any ToolboxItemFilterAttribute attributes found on the specified type to the Filter property collection.

Applies to