ProviderBase.Name Property (System.Configuration.Provider)

Name Property

.NET Framework Class Library

ProviderBase..::.Name Property

Gets the friendly name used to refer to the provider during configuration.

Namespace: System.Configuration.Provider
Assembly: System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Name As String

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As ProviderBase
Dim value As String

value = instance.Name

public virtual string Name { get; }

Visual C++

public:
virtual property String^ Name {
    String^ get ();
}

JScript

public function get Name () : String

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The friendly name used to refer to the provider during configuration.

Remarks

The recommended pattern for this string is: [Provider Creator][Implementation Type][Feature]Provider. Although the Description property also provides a friendly description, the Name property is used as an identifier for the provider.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Reference

ProviderBase Class

ProviderBase Members

System.Configuration.Provider Namespace