# GrapeCity.Drawing.IDrawingContext.IsCompatible

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_Drawing_IDrawingContext_IsCompatible_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Drawing.IDrawingContext.IsCompatible*">IsCompatible Method
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<h4 id="GrapeCity_Drawing_IDrawingContext_IsCompatible_GrapeCity_Drawing_IVisualShape_System_Boolean_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Drawing.IDrawingContext.IsCompatible(GrapeCity.Drawing.IVisualShape,System.Boolean)">IsCompatible(IVisualShape, bool)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets a boolean value indicating whether the visualElement can be painted by this drawing context natively.</p>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">bool IsCompatible(IVisualShape visualElement, bool includedChildren)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Function IsCompatible(visualElement As IVisualShape, includedChildren As Boolean) As Boolean</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><span class="xref">IVisualShape</span></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">visualElement</span></td>
      <td><p>The <span class="xref">GrapeCity.Drawing.IVisualShape</span>.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">includedChildren</span></td>
      <td><p><code>True</code> if checks the children compatible; otherwise <code>False</code>.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><p><code>true</code> if the visual element can be painted natively; otherwise, the result is not compatible.</p>
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