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 */
public Object get_View ()

public function get View () : Object

Not applicable.

Property Value

The view for the root designer.

Exception typeCondition

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The notion of a view technology is obsolete.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]);

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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