Cross References

The hierarchy section of a quick-reference entry is followed by a number of optional cross reference sections that indicate other, related types and methods that may be of interest. These sections are the following:

Passed To

This section lists all of the members (from other types) that are passed an object of this type as an argument, including properties whose values can be set to this type. This is useful when you have an object of a given type and want to know where it can be used.

Returned By

This section lists all of the members that return an object of this type, including properties whose values can take on this type. This is useful when you know that you want to work with an object of this type, but don’t know how to obtain one.

Valid On

For attributes, this lists the attribute targets that the attribute can be applied to.

Associated Events

For delegates, lists the events it can handle.

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