'Declaration
 
<CanBeNullAttribute()>
Public Shared Shadows Function FromString( _
   ByVal descriptorString As String _
) As ObjectDescriptor

'Usage
 
Dim descriptorString As String
Dim value As ObjectDescriptor
 
value = ObjectDescriptor.FromString(descriptorString)

[CanBeNull()]
public new static ObjectDescriptor FromString( 
   string descriptorString
)

[CanBeNull()]
public:
new static ObjectDescriptor^ FromString( 
   String^ descriptorString
) 

Parameters

descriptorString

Contains the descriptor string for the object.

Return Value

The descriptorString may contain one of the following:

• A server class, i.e. ProgID (or {CLSID}) of the object.
• A string in the form "\\machineName\serverClass".
• A URI of the object.

This method or property does not throw any exceptions, aside from execution exceptions such as System.Threading.ThreadAbortException or System.OutOfMemoryException.

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows