Allows a designer to filter the set of attributes the component it is designing will expose through the TypeDescriptor object.
[Visual Basic] Sub PreFilterAttributes( _ ByVal attributes As IDictionary _ ) [C#] void PreFilterAttributes( IDictionary attributes ); [C++] void PreFilterAttributes( IDictionary* attributes ) = 0; [JScript] function PreFilterAttributes( attributes : IDictionary );
The augmented set of attributes.
This method is called immediately before its corresponding "Post" method. If you are overriding this method, call the base implementation before you perform your own filtering.If the method does not modify any attributes, it may just return a reference to its input parameter. If you do make a change to the attributes, you must create a new array.
IDesignerFilter Interface | IDesignerFilter Members | System.ComponentModel.Design Namespace | System.ComponentModel.Design.ITypeDescriptorService.FilterAttributes