DataSource Class

Article
10/03/2012

Represents and provides access to a DDEX data source.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.DataSource

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class DataSource

public abstract class DataSource

public ref class DataSource abstract

[<AbstractClass>]
type DataSource =  class end

public abstract class DataSource

The DataSource type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	DataSource	Class constructor.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	DefaultProvider	Retrieves the default DDEX provider using a global unique identifier (GUID).
	Description	Retrieves a localized description of this data source.
	DisplayName	Retrieves the name of the data source for UI display.
	Guid	Retrieves the global unique identifier (GUID) of the data source.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetDescription	Retrieves a description for a data source combined with a specified DDEX provider.
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetProperty(String)	Retrieves a data source property stored with the data source registration entries, specifying the property by name.
	GetProperty(Guid, String)	Retrieves a data source property stored with the data source registration entries, specifying the property by name and GUID.
	GetProviders	Retrieves an array of data provider GUIDs representing DDEX providers that support the data source.
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

DDEX supports the concepts of data sources and DDEX providers. A data source represents a data source type, such as a SQL Server or Microsoft Access database (.mdb) file. A DDEX provider supports one or more specific data sources. On the other hand, each data source may have one or more DDEX providers associated with it.

A given DDEX provider supports one or more specific data sources. Further, a given data source may support any number of DDEX providers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.