ImageFormatConverter.CanConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext, Type) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Drawing

Assembly:

System.Drawing.Common.dll

Source:

ImageFormatConverter.cs

Indicates whether this converter can convert an object in the specified source type to the native type of the converter.

public:
 override bool CanConvertFrom(System::ComponentModel::ITypeDescriptorContext ^ context, Type ^ sourceType);

public override bool CanConvertFrom (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext? context, Type sourceType);

override this.CanConvertFrom : System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext * Type -> bool

Public Overrides Function CanConvertFrom (context As ITypeDescriptorContext, sourceType As Type) As Boolean

Parameters

context

ITypeDescriptorContext

A formatter context. This object can be used to get more information about the environment this converter is being called from. This may be null, so you should always check. Also, properties on the context object may also return null.

sourceType

Type

The type you want to convert from.

Returns

Boolean

This method returns true if this object can perform the conversion.

Remarks

The ImageFormatConverter converts to and from known image formats, as specified in the ImageFormat class.