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

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

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

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

Parameters

descriptorString

Contains the descriptor string for the object.

The value of this parameter can be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

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.

In languages that support implicit conversions (such as C# or VB.NET), in many cases you do not have call this method explicitly. When indicated, a call to an available equivalent implicit conversion operator will be created by the compiler automatically.

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