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CategoryEditor.GetImage Method

When overridden in a derived class, returns an object that the host can place into a ContentControl in order to display it.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Windows.Design.PropertyEditing
Assembly:  Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction (in Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustOverride Function GetImage ( _
    desiredSize As Size _
) As Object
public abstract Object GetImage(
    Size desiredSize
)
public:
virtual Object^ GetImage(
    Size desiredSize
) abstract
abstract GetImage : 
        desiredSize:Size -> Object 
public abstract function GetImage(
    desiredSize : Size
) : Object

Parameters

  • desiredSize
    Type: System.Windows.Size
    The desired size of the image to return. This method should make the best attempt in matching the requested size, but it does not guarantee it.

Return Value

Type: System.Object
An object that contain an icon for the category editor.

Remarks

This icon may be used to adorn the editor for this category in a collapsed mode, should it support one.

As of this writing, only Microsoft Expression Blend uses this method.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

CategoryEditor Class

Microsoft.Windows.Design.PropertyEditing Namespace

Other Resources

Property Editing Architecture

WPF Designer Extensibility