C# Type GetTypeFromCLSID(Guid, Boolean)

Description

Type GetTypeFromCLSID(Guid, Boolean) gets the type associated with the specified class identifier (CLSID), specifying whether to throw an exception if an error occurs while loading the type.

Syntax

Type.GetTypeFromCLSID(Guid, Boolean) has the following syntax.

public static Type GetTypeFromCLSID(
  Guid clsid,
  bool throwOnError
)

Parameters

Type.GetTypeFromCLSID(Guid, Boolean) has the following parameters.

• clsid - The CLSID of the type to get.
• throwOnError - true to throw any exception that occurs.
• throwOnError - -or-
• throwOnError - false to ignore any exception that occurs.

Returns

Type.GetTypeFromCLSID(Guid, Boolean) method returns System.__ComObject regardless of whether the CLSID is valid.

Example

The following example retrieves the type associated with the CLSID from the local host, specifying whether to throw an exception if an error occurs while loading the type.

using System;/* w ww . ja  v a  2  s.com*/
class MyGetTypeFromCLSIDSample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
            Guid myGuid1 = new Guid("1DCD0010-0B41-00D3-A565-00C04F8EF6E3");
            Type myType1 =Type.GetTypeFromCLSID(myGuid1, true);
            Console.WriteLine(myType1.GUID);
            Console.WriteLine(myType1.ToString());
     }
}

The code above generates the following result.