IComponentInitializer Interface
Provides a set of recommended default values during component creation.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
The IComponentInitializer type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | InitializeExistingComponent | Restores an instance of a component to its default state. |
![]() | InitializeNewComponent | Initializes a new component using a set of recommended values. |
The IComponentInitializer interface can be implemented by any designer, which is a component that also implements IDesigner, which receives a recommended set of default values for the component it is designing. IComponentInitializer is queried during new component creation. Recommended default values for the component's properties are passed in as name/value pairs in a dictionary.
This design provides two customization points: the toolbox item itself can be replaced or changed to perform custom actions, or the designer for a component can be changed to provide a custom action. A designer that implements IComponentInitializer should not depend on either of its methods—InitializeNewComponent or InitializeExistingComponent—being called, because toolbox items are not obligated to call these methods.
For an overview of creating design components, see Extending Design-Time Support.
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.
