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
)
protected void ValidatePropertyType (
	String propertyName, 
	Object value, 
	Type expectedType, 
	boolean allowNull
)
protected function ValidatePropertyType (
	propertyName : String, 
	value : Object, 
	expectedType : Type, 
	allowNull : boolean
)
Not applicable.

Parameters

propertyName

The name of the property to validate.

value

Optional value against which to validate.

expectedType

The expected type of the property.

allowNull

true to allow a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic); otherwise, false.

Exception typeCondition

ArgumentNullException

value is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), 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.

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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