TypeDescriptor.CreateDesigner(IComponent, Type) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.ComponentModel

Assembly:

System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll

Source:

TypeDescriptor.cs

Creates an instance of the designer associated with the specified component and of the specified type of designer.

public:
 static System::ComponentModel::Design::IDesigner ^ CreateDesigner(System::ComponentModel::IComponent ^ component, Type ^ designerBaseType);

public static System.ComponentModel.Design.IDesigner? CreateDesigner (System.ComponentModel.IComponent component, Type designerBaseType);

static member CreateDesigner : System.ComponentModel.IComponent * Type -> System.ComponentModel.Design.IDesigner

Public Shared Function CreateDesigner (component As IComponent, designerBaseType As Type) As IDesigner

Parameters

component

IComponent

An IComponent that specifies the component to associate with the designer.

designerBaseType

Type

A Type that represents the type of designer to create.

Returns

IDesigner

An IDesigner that is an instance of the designer for the component, or null if no designer can be found.

Remarks

If this method cannot find a valid DesignerAttribute, it searches up the class hierarchy for a designer. If it cannot find a designer in the class hierarchy, it returns null.

See also

• IComponent
• IDesigner
• GetReflectionType
• GetConverter
• GetEditor