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.NET 6.0+

CaptionHelper.GetMemberCaption(Type, String) Method

Returns the display caption corresponding to a business class‘ property.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Utils

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp

Declaration

public static string GetMemberCaption(
    Type objectType,
    string memberName
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
objectType Type

A Type object representing the type of the business class that declares the required property.

memberName String

A string specifying the name of the required property.

Returns

Type Description
String

A string representing the display caption corresponding to the specified property.

Remarks

For properties of business classes used in an XAF application, this method returns the IModelCommonMemberViewItem.Caption property value of the corresponding Member node. For all the other properties, the GetMemberCaption method returns the first part of the specified property name.

To see an example of using this method, refer to the Add an Action with Option Selection tutorial lesson.

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