ComVisibleAttribute Class

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This API supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Controls accessibility of an individual managed type or member, or of all types within an assembly, to COM.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisibleAttribute

Namespace:  System.Runtime.InteropServices
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly Or AttributeTargets.Class Or AttributeTargets.Struct Or AttributeTargets.Enum Or AttributeTargets.Method Or AttributeTargets.Property Or AttributeTargets.Field Or AttributeTargets.Interface Or AttributeTargets.Delegate, Inherited := False)> _
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public NotInheritable Class ComVisibleAttribute _
    Inherits Attribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly|AttributeTargets.Class|AttributeTargets.Struct|AttributeTargets.Enum|AttributeTargets.Method|AttributeTargets.Property|AttributeTargets.Field|AttributeTargets.Interface|AttributeTargets.Delegate, Inherited = false)]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public sealed class ComVisibleAttribute : Attribute

The ComVisibleAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	ComVisibleAttribute	Initializes a new instance of the ComVisibleAttribute class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Value	Gets a value that indicates whether the COM type is visible.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	Match	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.)

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Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

System.Runtime.InteropServices Namespace