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DesignSurface::View Property

Gets the view for the root designer.

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

public:
property Object^ View {
	Object^ get ();
}

Property Value

Type: System::Object
The view for the root designer.

ExceptionCondition
InvalidOperationException

The design surface is not loading, the designer loader has not yet created a root designer, or the design surface finished the load, but failed. More information may available in the InnerException.

NotSupportedException

The designer loaded, but it does not offer a view compatible with this design surface.

ObjectDisposedException

The IDesignerHost attached to the DesignSurface has been disposed.

The BeginLoad method must be called beforehand to start the loading process. It is possible to return a view before the designer loader finishes loading because the root designer, which supplies the view, is the first object created by the designer loader. If a view is unavailable, BeginLoad raises an exception.

The notion of a view technology is obsolete. But, it remains in the interfaces for root designers for backward compatibility. Its use is hidden from anyone using DesignSurface objects. The View property hides view technologies by passing the supported technologies back into the root designer.

The following code example shows how View hides view technologies.

[C#]

IRootDesigner d;

ViewTechnology[] supported = d.SupportedTechnologies;

return d.GetView(supported[0]);

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

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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