DesignerDataConnection Class
Represents a connection to a data store in a design tool. This class cannot be inherited.
Assembly: System.Design (in System.Design.dll)
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | DesignerDataConnection(String^, String^, String^) | Initializes a new instance of the DesignerDataConnection class with the specified name, data provider, and connection string. |
![]() | DesignerDataConnection(String^, String^, String^, Boolean) | Initializes a new instance of the DesignerDataConnection class with the specified name, data provider, and connection string, and indicates whether the connection was loaded from a configuration file. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | ConnectionString | Gets the application connection string defined for the connection. |
![]() | IsConfigured | Gets a value indicating whether the connection information is in the application's configuration file. |
![]() | Name | Gets the name of the data connection. |
![]() | ProviderName | Gets the name of the provider used to access the underlying data store. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Equals(Object^) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetHashCode() | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType() | |
![]() | ToString() | Returns a string that represents the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
The DesignerDataConnection object represents a connection to a data store in the design tool. Typically a DesignerDataConnection object is returned as part of the Connections property, and is created either by reading the application's configuration file or by calling the BuildConnection method.
Available since 2.0
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

