DesignerOptionService.CreateOptionCollection Method

Definition

Creates a new DesignerOptionService.DesignerOptionCollection with the given name and adds it to the given parent.

protected:
 System::ComponentModel::Design::DesignerOptionService::DesignerOptionCollection ^ CreateOptionCollection(System::ComponentModel::Design::DesignerOptionService::DesignerOptionCollection ^ parent, System::String ^ name, System::Object ^ value);
protected System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignerOptionService.DesignerOptionCollection CreateOptionCollection (System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignerOptionService.DesignerOptionCollection parent, string name, object value);
member this.CreateOptionCollection : System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignerOptionService.DesignerOptionCollection * string * obj -> System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignerOptionService.DesignerOptionCollection
Protected Function CreateOptionCollection (parent As DesignerOptionService.DesignerOptionCollection, name As String, value As Object) As DesignerOptionService.DesignerOptionCollection

Parameters

parent
DesignerOptionService.DesignerOptionCollection

The parent designer option collection. All collections have a parent except the root object collection.

name
String

The name of this collection.

value
Object

The object providing properties for this collection. Can be null if the collection should not provide any properties.

Returns

A new DesignerOptionService.DesignerOptionCollection with the given name.

Exceptions

parent or name is null.

name is an empty string.

Remarks

The value parameter specifies an object whose public properties are used in the Properties collection of the option collection. The value parameter can be null if this options collection does not offer any properties. Properties are wrapped in such a way that passing anything into the component parameter of the PropertyDescriptor is ignored, and the value object is substituted.

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