ProgIdAttribute Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Runtime.InteropServices

Assembly:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll

Source:

ProgIdAttribute.cs

Allows the user to specify the ProgID of a class.

public ref class ProgIdAttribute sealed : Attribute

[System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Class, Inherited=false)]
public sealed class ProgIdAttribute : Attribute

[<System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Class, Inherited=false)>]
type ProgIdAttribute = class
    inherit Attribute

Public NotInheritable Class ProgIdAttribute
Inherits Attribute

Inheritance

Object

Attribute

ProgIdAttribute

Attributes

AttributeUsageAttribute

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to apply ProgIdAttribute on a class. The application then gets all attributes of MyClass, and prints the Value property of ProgIdAttribute.

[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType::AutoDispatch)]
[ProgId("InteropSample.MyClass")]
public ref class MyClass
{
public:
   MyClass(){}

};

int main()
{
   try
   {
      AttributeCollection^ attributes;
      attributes = TypeDescriptor::GetAttributes( MyClass::typeid );
      ProgIdAttribute^ progIdAttributeObj = dynamic_cast<ProgIdAttribute^>(attributes[ ProgIdAttribute::typeid ]);
      Console::WriteLine( "ProgIdAttribute's value is set to : {0}", progIdAttributeObj->Value );
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Exception : {0}", e->Message );
   }
}

[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDispatch)]
[ProgId("InteropSample.MyClass")]
public class MyClass
{
    public MyClass() {}
}

class TestApplication
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      try
      {
         AttributeCollection attributes;
         attributes = TypeDescriptor.GetAttributes(typeof(MyClass));
         ProgIdAttribute progIdAttributeObj = (ProgIdAttribute)attributes[typeof(ProgIdAttribute)];
         Console.WriteLine("ProgIdAttribute's value is set to : " + progIdAttributeObj.Value);
      }
      catch(Exception e)
      {
         Console.WriteLine("Exception : " + e.Message);
      }
   }
}

   <ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDispatch), ProgId("InteropSample.MyClass")>  _
   Public Class [MyClass]
      
      Public Sub New()
      End Sub
   End Class

   Class TestApplication
      
      Public Shared Sub Main()
         Try
            Dim attributes As AttributeCollection
            attributes = TypeDescriptor.GetAttributes(GetType([MyClass]))
            Dim progIdAttributeObj As ProgIdAttribute = CType(attributes(GetType(ProgIdAttribute)), ProgIdAttribute)
            Console.WriteLine(("ProgIdAttribute's value is set to : " + progIdAttributeObj.Value))
         Catch e As Exception
            Console.WriteLine(("Exception : " + e.Message.ToString()))
         End Try
      End Sub
   End Class
End Namespace 'InteropSample

Remarks

You can apply this attribute to classes.

ProgIDs are automatically generated for a class by combining the namespace with the type name. This can produce an invalid ProgID however, as ProgIDs are limited to 39 characters and can contain no punctuation other than a period. In such case, a ProgID can be manually assigned to the class using ProgIdAttribute.

Constructors

ProgIdAttribute(String)

Initializes a new instance of the ProgIdAttribute with the specified ProgID.

Properties

TypeId	When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute. (Inherited from Attribute)
Value	Gets the ProgID of the class.

Methods

Equals(Object)	Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute)
GetHashCode()	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
IsDefaultAttribute()	When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class. (Inherited from Attribute)
Match(Object)	When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)