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Control::CompanyName Property

 

Gets the name of the company or creator of the application containing the control.

Namespace:   System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

public:
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
property String^ CompanyName {
	String^ get();
}

Property Value

Type: System::String^

The company name or creator of the application containing the control.

The CompanyName property is a read-only property. To change the value of this property, set the Company property value of the AssemblyCompanyAttribute. The following line of C# code sets the CompanyName property.

[assembly: AssemblyCompany("Microsoft")]
System_CAPS_noteNote

It is strongly recommended that you provide the company name, product name, and product version for your app.

The following code example displays information about the application in a Label contained by a Form. This example requires that the CompanyName, ProductName and ProductVersion have been set.

void AboutDialog_Load( Object^ /*sender*/, EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
{
   // Display the application information in the label.
   this->labelVersionInfo->Text = String::Format(  "{0} {1} Version: {2}", this->CompanyName, this->ProductName, this->ProductVersion );
}

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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