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Type::GetEnumUnderlyingType Method ()

.NET Framework (current version)

Other Versions

Visual Studio 2010
.NET Framework 4

Returns the underlying type of the current enumeration type.

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

Syntax

C++

public:
virtual Type^ GetEnumUnderlyingType()

Return Value

Type: System::Type^

The underlying type of the current enumeration.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	The current type is not an enumeration. -or- The enumeration type is not valid, because it contains more than one instance field.

Remarks

By default, the underlying type of an enumeration in C# and Visual Basic is Int32. Other integer types can be specified.

Version Information

.NET Framework
Available since 4.0