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WindowsFormsComponentEditor::EditComponent Method (ITypeDescriptorContext, Object, IWin32Window)

Creates an editor window that allows the user to edit the specified component.

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

public:
virtual bool EditComponent(
	ITypeDescriptorContext^ context, 
	Object^ component, 
	IWin32Window^ owner
)

Parameters

context
Type: System.ComponentModel::ITypeDescriptorContext

An ITypeDescriptorContext that can be used to gain additional context information.

component
Type: System::Object

The component to edit.

owner
Type: System.Windows.Forms::IWin32Window

An IWin32Window that the component belongs to.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean
true if the component was changed during editing; otherwise, false.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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