Marshal.GenerateProgIdForType(Type) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Runtime.InteropServices

Assemblies:: netstandard.dll, System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll

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

Product	Versions
.NET	Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework	1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard	2.1

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