System.ComponentModel.Design.IDesignerFilter.PreFilterProperties Method

When overridden in a derived class, allows a designer to add items to the set of properties that it exposes through a System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.

Syntax

public void PreFilterProperties (IDictionary properties)

Parameters

properties
The System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptor objects that represent the properties of the class of the component. The keys in the dictionary of properties are property names.

Remarks

This method provides a way to add items to the dictionary of properties that a designer exposes through a System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.

The keys in the dictionary of properties are the names of the properties. The objects are of type System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptor. This method is called immediately before IDesignerFilter.PostFilterProperties(IDictionary).

Requirements

Namespace: System.ComponentModel.Design
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0