SerializerDescriptor.DisplayName Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Documents.Serialization

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

Gets the public display name of the serializer.

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

public string DisplayName { get; }

member this.DisplayName : string

Public ReadOnly Property DisplayName As String

Property Value

String

The public display name of the serializer.

Examples

The following example shows using DisplayName to obtain and display the public name of a plug-in serializer.

// ------------------------ PlugInFileFilter --------------------------
/// <summary>
///   Gets a filter string for installed plug-in serializers.</summary>
/// <remark>
///   PlugInFileFilter is used to set the SaveFileDialog or
///   OpenFileDialog "Filter" property when saving or opening files
///   using plug-in serializers.</remark>
private string PlugInFileFilter
{
    get
    {   // Create a SerializerProvider for accessing plug-in serializers.
        SerializerProvider serializerProvider = new SerializerProvider();
        string filter = "";

        // For each loadable serializer, add its display
        // name and extension to the filter string.
        foreach (SerializerDescriptor serializerDescriptor in
            serializerProvider.InstalledSerializers)
        {
            if (serializerDescriptor.IsLoadable)
            {
                // After the first, separate entries with a "|".
                if (filter.Length > 0)   filter += "|";

                // Add an entry with the plug-in name and extension.
                filter += serializerDescriptor.DisplayName + " (*" +
                    serializerDescriptor.DefaultFileExtension + ")|*" +
                    serializerDescriptor.DefaultFileExtension;
            }
        }

        // Return the filter string of installed plug-in serializers.
        return filter;
    }
}