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Type::IsVisible Property

Gets a value indicating whether the Type can be accessed by code outside the assembly.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public:
property bool IsVisible {
	bool get ();
}

Property Value

Type: System::Boolean
true if the current Type is a public type or a public nested type such that all the enclosing types are public; otherwise, false.

Use this property to determine whether a type is part of the public interface of a component assembly.

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
*/

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, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

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

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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