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IFeatureSupport Interface

Specifies a standard interface for retrieving feature information from the current system.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Visual Basic
Public Interface IFeatureSupport
C#
public interface IFeatureSupport
Visual C++
public interface class IFeatureSupport
F#
type IFeatureSupport =  interface end

The IFeatureSupport type exposes the following members.

  NameDescription
Public methodGetVersionPresentRetrieves the version of the specified feature.
Public methodIsPresent(Object)Determines whether any version of the specified feature is currently available on the system.
Public methodIsPresent(Object, Version)Determines whether the specified or newer version of the specified feature is currently available on the system.
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When implemented in a class, IFeatureSupport provides methods you can use to determine whether a feature is currently installed on the system and to get the version number of a feature. Call IsPresent to determine whether a feature, or a specific version of a feature, is currently installed. Call GetVersionPresent to determine the version number of an installed feature.

See the FeatureSupport and OSFeature classes for implementations of this interface.

The following example uses the OSFeature implementation of IFeatureSupport and queries for the LayeredWindows feature. The version is checked to see if it is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), to determine whether the feature is present. The result is displayed in a text box. This code assumes textBox1 has been created and placed on a form.

Visual Basic
 Private Sub LayeredWindows()
     ' Gets the version of the layered windows feature.
     Dim myVersion As Version = _
        OSFeature.Feature.GetVersionPresent(OSFeature.LayeredWindows)

     ' Prints whether the feature is available.
     If (myVersion IsNot Nothing) Then
         textBox1.Text = "Layered windows feature is installed." & _
            ControlChars.CrLf
     Else
         textBox1.Text = "Layered windows feature is not installed." & _
            ControlChars.CrLf
     End If 
     'This is an alternate way to check whether a feature is present.
     If OSFeature.Feature.IsPresent(OSFeature.LayeredWindows) Then
         textBox1.Text &= "Again, layered windows feature is installed."
     Else
         textBox1.Text &= "Again, layered windows feature is not installed."
     End If
 End Sub

C#
private void LayeredWindows() {
   // Gets the version of the layered windows feature.
   Version myVersion = OSFeature.Feature.GetVersionPresent(OSFeature.LayeredWindows);

   // Prints whether the feature is available.
   if (myVersion != null)
      textBox1.Text = "Layered windows feature is installed." + '\n';
   else
      textBox1.Text = "Layered windows feature is not installed." + '\n';

   // This is an alternate way to check whether a feature is present.
   if (OSFeature.Feature.IsPresent(OSFeature.LayeredWindows))
      textBox1.Text += "Again, layered windows feature is installed.";
   else
      textBox1.Text += "Again, layered windows feature is not installed.";
}

Visual C++
private:
   void LayeredWindows()
   {
      // Gets the version of the layered windows feature.
      Version^ myVersion = OSFeature::Feature->GetVersionPresent(
         OSFeature::LayeredWindows );

      // Prints whether the feature is available.
      if ( myVersion != nullptr )
      {
         textBox1->Text = "Layered windows feature is installed.\n";
      }
      else
      {
         textBox1->Text = "Layered windows feature is not installed.\n";
      }


      // This is an alternate way to check whether a feature is present.
      if ( OSFeature::Feature->IsPresent( OSFeature::LayeredWindows ) )
      {
         textBox1->Text = String::Concat( textBox1->Text,
            "Again, layered windows feature is installed." );
      }
      else
      {
         textBox1->Text = String::Concat( textBox1->Text,
            "Again, layered windows feature is not installed." );
      }
   }

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

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.
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