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_Type.IsAssignableFrom Method

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the Type.IsAssignableFrom method.

Namespace: System.Runtime.InteropServices
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

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bool IsAssignableFrom(
	Type c
)

Parameters

c: Type: System.Type
The Type to compare with the current Type.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if c and the current Type represent the same type, or if the current Type is in the inheritance hierarchy of c, or if the current Type is an interface that c implements, or if c is a generic type parameter and the current Type represents one of the constraints of c. false if none of these conditions are the case, or if c is null.

Remarks

This method is for access to managed classes from unmanaged code, and should not be called from managed code.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, 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.

Reference

_Type Interface

System.Runtime.InteropServices Namespace

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