TextField.GetDisplayText Method

Gets the text to be displayed by this field.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.Diagrams.10.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.Diagrams.10.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Function GetDisplayText ( _
    parentShape As ShapeElement _
) As String

public virtual string GetDisplayText(
    ShapeElement parentShape
)

public:
virtual String^ GetDisplayText(
    ShapeElement^ parentShape
)

abstract GetDisplayText : 
        parentShape:ShapeElement -> string 
override GetDisplayText : 
        parentShape:ShapeElement -> string 

public function GetDisplayText(
    parentShape : ShapeElement
) : String

Parameters

• parentShape
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams.ShapeElement
  The parent ShapeElement of this field.

Return Value

Type: System.String

Remarks

Override this method to customize your text prior to drawing. By default it returns GetValue(shapeElement).ToString()

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

TextField Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams Namespace