Control.CompanyName Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:: System.Windows.Forms.dll

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

public:
 property System::String ^ CompanyName { System::String ^ get(); };

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public string CompanyName { get; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.CompanyName : string

Public ReadOnly Property CompanyName As String

Property Value

String

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

Attributes: BrowsableAttribute

Examples

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 );
}

private void AboutDialog_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   // Display the application information in the label.
   this.labelVersionInfo.Text = 
      this.CompanyName + "  " + 
      this.ProductName + "  Version: " +
      this.ProductVersion;  
}

Private Sub AboutDialog_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
   ' Display the application information in the label.
   Me.labelVersionInfo.Text = _
      Me.CompanyName + "  " + _
      Me.ProductName + "  Version: " + _
      Me.ProductVersion
   End Sub

Remarks

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")]

Note

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

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