Compiler Error C3461

 

The new home for Visual Studio documentation is Visual Studio 2017 Documentation on docs.microsoft.com.

The latest version of this topic can be found at Compiler Error C3461.

type': only a managed type can be forwarded

Type forwarding can only occur on CLR types. See Classes and Structs for more information.

For more information, see Type Forwarding (C++/CLI).

The following sample creates a component.

// C3461.cpp  
// compile with: /clr /LD  
public ref class R {};  

The following sample generates C3461.

// C3461b.cpp  
// compile with: /clr /c  
#using "C3461.dll"  
class N {};  
[assembly:TypeForwardedTo(N::typeid)];   // C3461  
[assembly:TypeForwardedTo(R::typeid)];   // OK  

Show: