ResourceExpressionEditor::EvaluateExpression Method (String^, Object^, Type^, IServiceProvider^)
Evaluates a resource expression and provides the design-time value for a control property.
Assembly: System.Design (in System.Design.dll)
public: virtual Object^ EvaluateExpression( String^ expression, Object^ parseTimeData, Type^ propertyType, IServiceProvider^ serviceProvider ) override
Parameters
- expression
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Type:
System::String^
A resource expression to evaluate. expression does not include the Resources expression prefix.
- parseTimeData
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Type:
System::Object^
An object supplying additional parse data, in the form of a ResourceExpressionFields value.
- propertyType
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Type:
System::Type^
The type of the control property.
- serviceProvider
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Type:
System::IServiceProvider^
A service provider implementation supplied by the designer host, used to obtain additional design-time services.
Return Value
Type: System::Object^The object referenced by the evaluated expression string, if the expression evaluation succeeded; otherwise, null.
The EvaluateExpression method looks up the resource that is specified by expression, and then returns the resource.
The visual designer uses the EvaluateExpression method to evaluate a resource expression and provide the design-time value for an associated control property. At run time, the page parser uses the EvaluateExpression and GetCodeExpression methods of the corresponding ResourceExpressionBuilder implementation to evaluate an expression and provide the run-time value for an associated control property.
The visual designer uses the ParseExpression method to parse the expression string at design time, and then calls the EvaluateExpression method with the parsed expression data.
Available since 2.0