Marshal.GetTypeLibName Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Runtime.InteropServices

Assembly:

mscorlib.dll

Retrieves the name of a type library.

Overloads

GetTypeLibName(ITypeLib)	Retrieves the name of a type library.
GetTypeLibName(UCOMITypeLib)	Obsolete. Retrieves the name of a type library.

GetTypeLibName(ITypeLib)

Retrieves the name of a type library.

public:
 static System::String ^ GetTypeLibName(System::Runtime::InteropServices::ComTypes::ITypeLib ^ typelib);

[System.Security.SecurityCritical]
public static string GetTypeLibName (System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.ITypeLib typelib);

[<System.Security.SecurityCritical>]
static member GetTypeLibName : System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.ITypeLib -> string

Public Shared Function GetTypeLibName (typelib As ITypeLib) As String

Parameters

typelib

ITypeLib

The type library whose name is to be retrieved.

Returns

String

The name of the type library that the typelib parameter points to.

Attributes

SecurityCriticalAttribute

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

The typelib parameter is null.

Remarks

The name returned by this method is the identifier used with the library statement, such as ADODB for the Microsoft ADO type library. The name is not a file name.

You can also retrieve the type library name by calling the UCOMITypeInfo.GetDocumentation method and passing -1 for its first parameter.

See also

• GetDocumentation(Int32, String, String, Int32, String)

GetTypeLibName(UCOMITypeLib)

Caution

Use System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetTypeLibName(ITypeLib pTLB) instead. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202&ID=0000011.

Retrieves the name of a type library.

public:
 static System::String ^ GetTypeLibName(System::Runtime::InteropServices::UCOMITypeLib ^ pTLB);

[System.Obsolete("Use System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetTypeLibName(ITypeLib pTLB) instead. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202&ID=0000011.", false)]
[System.Security.SecurityCritical]
public static string GetTypeLibName (System.Runtime.InteropServices.UCOMITypeLib pTLB);

[<System.Obsolete("Use System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetTypeLibName(ITypeLib pTLB) instead. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202&ID=0000011.", false)>]
[<System.Security.SecurityCritical>]
static member GetTypeLibName : System.Runtime.InteropServices.UCOMITypeLib -> string

Public Shared Function GetTypeLibName (pTLB As UCOMITypeLib) As String

Parameters

pTLB

UCOMITypeLib

The type library whose name is to be retrieved.

Returns

String

The name of the type library that the pTLB parameter points to.

Attributes

ObsoleteAttribute SecurityCriticalAttribute

Remarks

The name returned by this method is the identifier used with the library statement, such as ADODB for the Microsoft ADO type library. The name is not a file name.

You can also retrieve the type library name by calling the UCOMITypeInfo.GetDocumentation method and passing -1 for its first parameter.

See also

• GetDocumentation(Int32, String, String, Int32, String)