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SectionInformation.ProtectionProvider Property

.NET Framework 2.0

Note: This property is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

Gets the protected configuration provider for the associated configuration section.

Namespace: System.Configuration
Assembly: System.Configuration (in system.configuration.dll)

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public ProtectedConfigurationProvider ProtectionProvider { get;
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/** @property */
public ProtectedConfigurationProvider get_ProtectionProvider ()
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public function get ProtectionProvider () : ProtectedConfigurationProvider

Property Value

The ProtectedConfigurationProvider for this ConfigurationSection object.

The ProtectionProvider property is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) for unprotected sections.

For more information about protected configuration sections, see Encrypting Configuration Information Using Protected Configuration.

The following example shows how to get the ProtectSection value of a ConfigurationSection object.

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static public void GetProtectionProvider()
{
    SectionInformation sInfo =
        GetSectionInformation();

    ProtectedConfigurationProvider pp = 
        sInfo.ProtectionProvider;
    if (pp == null)
        Console.WriteLine("Protection provider is null");
    else
        Console.WriteLine("Protection provider: {0", 
            pp.ToString());

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0
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