Marshal.GenerateProgIdForType(Type) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Runtime.InteropServices

Assembly:: System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: Marshal.cs

Source:: Marshal.cs

Source:: Marshal.cs

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Returns a programmatic identifier (ProgID) for the specified type.

public:
 static System::String ^ GenerateProgIdForType(Type ^ type);

public static string? GenerateProgIdForType (Type type);

public static string GenerateProgIdForType (Type type);

[System.Security.SecurityCritical]
public static string GenerateProgIdForType (Type type);

static member GenerateProgIdForType : Type -> string

[<System.Security.SecurityCritical>]
static member GenerateProgIdForType : Type -> string

Public Shared Function GenerateProgIdForType (type As Type) As String

Parameters

type: Type

The type to get a ProgID for.

Returns

String

The ProgID of the specified type.

Attributes: SecurityCriticalAttribute

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The type parameter is not a class that can be create by COM. The class must be public, have a public parameterless constructor, and be COM visible.

ArgumentNullException

The type parameter is null.

Remarks

If the type has a ProgID in the metadata, that ProgID is returned. Otherwise, a ProgID is generated based on the fully qualified name of the type.

Applies to