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TYPEDESC Structure

.NET Framework 4.5

Other Versions

Note: This API is now obsolete.

Use System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.TYPEDESC instead.

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

Syntax

C++

[ObsoleteAttribute("Use System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.TYPEDESC instead. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202", 
	false)]
public struct TYPEDESC

The TYPEDESC type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Indicates whether this instance and a specified object are equal. (Inherited from ValueType.)
	GetHashCode	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from ValueType.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns the fully qualified type name of this instance. (Inherited from ValueType.)

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Fields

	Name	Description
	lpValue	If the variable is VT_SAFEARRAY or VT_PTR, the TYPEDESC.lpValue field contains a pointer to a TYPEDESC that specifies the element type.
	vt	Indicates the variant type for the item described by this TYPEDESC.

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Remarks

For additional information about TYPEDESC, see the MSDN Library.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 1.1, 1.0
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 4.5
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 4
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.5
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.5 SP1
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.0
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.0 SP1
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.0 SP2
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 2.0
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 2.0 SP1
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 2.0 SP2

.NET Framework Client Profile

Obsolete (compiler warning) in 4
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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.

Reference

System.Runtime.InteropServices Namespace

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