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Type::IsVisible Property
Visual Studio 2008
Gets a value indicating whether the Type can be accessed by code outside the assembly.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The following code example tests two classes, only one of which is visible outside the assembly.
using namespace System; private ref class InternalOnly { public: ref class Nested {}; }; public ref class Example { public: ref class Nested {}; }; // Entry point of example int main() { Type^ classType = InternalOnly::Nested::typeid; Console::WriteLine( "Is the {0} class visible outside the assembly? {1}", classType->FullName, classType->IsVisible); classType = Example::Nested::typeid; Console::WriteLine( "Is the {0} class visible outside the assembly? {1}", classType->FullName, classType->IsVisible); } /* This example produces the following output: Is the InternalOnly+Nested class visible outside the assembly? False Is the Example+Nested class visible outside the assembly? True */
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