Windows apps
Collapse the table of content
Expand the table of content
Information
Switch
Switch
The topic you requested is included in another documentation set. For convenience, it's displayed below. Choose Switch to see the topic in its original location.

ITypeDescriptorFilterService::FilterAttributes Method (IComponent^, IDictionary^)

.NET Framework (current version)
 

Filters the attributes that a component exposes through a TypeDescriptor.

Namespace:   System.ComponentModel.Design
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)

C#
C++
F#
VB
Copy 
bool FilterAttributes(
	IComponent^ component,
	IDictionary^ attributes
)

Parameters

component
Type: System.ComponentModel::IComponent^

The component to filter the attributes of.

attributes
Type: System.Collections::IDictionary^

A dictionary of attributes that can be modified.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean

true if the set of filtered attributes is to be cached; false if the filter service must query again.

This method is called when a user requests a set of attributes for a component. The attributes are added to the dictionary with the attribute's TypeId as the keys and the actual attribute as the value. Implementers of this service can add, remove, or alter existing attribute entries in the dictionary.

Notes to Implementers:

Return false only when necessary, because repeated queries to the type descriptor filter service can decrease performance.

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Return to top
Show:
© 2017 Microsoft