IView.GetType Method

Gets the common language runtime type of the TypeDescriptor object that corresponds to a given dot notation.

Namespace:  Microsoft.BusinessData.MetadataModel
Assembly:  Microsoft.BusinessData (in Microsoft.BusinessData.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function GetType ( _
    fieldDotNotation As String _
) As Type
'Usage
Dim instance As IView
Dim fieldDotNotation As String
Dim returnValue As Type

returnValue = instance.GetType(fieldDotNotation)

Type GetType(
    string fieldDotNotation
)

Parameters

• fieldDotNotation
  Type: System.String

  The given dot notation.

Return Value

Type: System.Type
The common language runtime type of the TypeDescriptor.

Remarks

For more information about using dot notation, see Using Dot Notation in the Business Data Connectivity (BDC) Service.

See Also

Reference

IView Interface

IView Members

Microsoft.BusinessData.MetadataModel Namespace