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ToolboxItem::ValidatePropertyType Method

Validates that an object is of a given type.

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

protected:
void ValidatePropertyType(
	String^ propertyName, 
	Object^ value, 
	Type^ expectedType, 
	bool allowNull
)

Parameters

propertyName
Type: System::String
The name of the property to validate.
value
Type: System::Object
Optional value against which to validate.
expectedType
Type: System::Type
The expected type of the property.
allowNull
Type: System::Boolean
true to allow nullptr; otherwise, false.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

value is nullptr, and allowNull is false.

ArgumentException

value is not the type specified by expectedType.

The ValidatePropertyType method is called as a helper method to the ValidatePropertyValue method.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

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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