PropertyDescriptorCollection.Find(String, Boolean) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.ComponentModel

Assembly:: System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll

Assembly:: System.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Package:: System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter v4.3.0

Source:: PropertyDescriptorCollection.cs

Source:: PropertyDescriptorCollection.cs

Source:: PropertyDescriptorCollection.cs

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Returns the PropertyDescriptor with the specified name, using a Boolean to indicate whether to ignore case.

public:
 virtual System::ComponentModel::PropertyDescriptor ^ Find(System::String ^ name, bool ignoreCase);

public virtual System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptor Find (string name, bool ignoreCase);

public virtual System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptor? Find (string name, bool ignoreCase);

abstract member Find : string * bool -> System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptor
override this.Find : string * bool -> System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptor

Public Overridable Function Find (name As String, ignoreCase As Boolean) As PropertyDescriptor

Parameters

name: String

The name of the PropertyDescriptor to return from the collection.

ignoreCase: Boolean

true if you want to ignore the case of the property name; otherwise, false.

Returns

PropertyDescriptor

A PropertyDescriptor with the specified name, or null if the property does not exist.

Examples

The following code example finds a specific PropertyDescriptor. It prints the type of component for this PropertyDescriptor in a text box. It requires that button1 and textBox1 have been instantiated on a form.

private:
   void FindProperty()
   {
      // Creates a new collection and assign it the properties for button1.
      PropertyDescriptorCollection^ properties = TypeDescriptor::GetProperties( button1 );
      
      // Sets a PropertyDescriptor to the specific property.
      PropertyDescriptor^ myProperty = properties->Find( "Opacity", false );
      
      // Prints the property and the property description.
      textBox1->Text = myProperty->DisplayName + "\n" + myProperty->Description;
   }

private void FindProperty() {
   // Creates a new collection and assign it the properties for button1.
   PropertyDescriptorCollection properties = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(button1);

   // Sets a PropertyDescriptor to the specific property.
   PropertyDescriptor myProperty = properties.Find("Opacity", false);

   // Prints the property and the property description.
   textBox1.Text = myProperty.DisplayName + '\n' + myProperty.Description;
}

Private Sub FindProperty()
    ' Creates a new collection and assign it the properties for button1.
    Dim properties As PropertyDescriptorCollection = _
       TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(button1)
       
    ' Sets a PropertyDescriptor to the specific property.
    Dim myProperty As PropertyDescriptor = properties.Find("Opacity", False)
       
    ' Prints the property and the property description.
    textBox1.Text = myProperty.DisplayName & _
       Microsoft.VisualBasic.ControlChars.Cr & myProperty.Description
End Sub

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