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ILGenerator.BeginScope Method

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Begins a lexical scope.

Namespace:  System.Reflection.Emit
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Sub BeginScope

public virtual void BeginScope()

Exceptions

Exception Condition
NotSupportedException

This ILGenerator belongs to a DynamicMethod.

Remarks

This method is used to emit symbolic information. Local variables declared after BeginScope are scoped until the corresponding EndScope is called.

If the current ILGenerator is associated with a DynamicMethod object, it does not support symbolic information.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.