MarshalByValueComponent.ToString Method (System.ComponentModel)

ToString Method

.NET Framework Class Library

MarshalByValueComponent..::.ToString Method

Returns a String containing the name of the Component, if any. This method should not be overridden.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Overrides Function ToString As String

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As MarshalByValueComponent
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = instance.ToString()

public override string ToString()

Visual C++

public:
virtual String^ ToString() override

JScript

public override function ToString() : String

Return Value

Type: System..::.String
A String containing the name of the Component, if any.
nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if the Component is unnamed.

Remarks

A Component may or may not have a name. If a Component is given a name, the name is unique among other Component objects within its IContainer.

The ISite stores the Component's name. A Component can only have a ISite if it has been added to an IContainer and the IContainer assigns an ISite to it.

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, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

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

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Reference

MarshalByValueComponent Class

MarshalByValueComponent Members

ToString Overload

System.ComponentModel Namespace