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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.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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