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ConfigurationManager::ConnectionStrings Property

Gets the ConnectionStringsSection data for the current application's default configuration.

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

public:
static property ConnectionStringSettingsCollection^ ConnectionStrings {
	ConnectionStringSettingsCollection^ get ();
}

Property Value

Type: System.Configuration::ConnectionStringSettingsCollection
Returns a ConnectionStringSettingsCollection object that contains the contents of the ConnectionStringsSection object for the current application's default configuration.

A ConnectionStringsSection object contains the contents of the configuration file's connectionStrings section.

The following code example shows how to use the ConnectionStrings property.

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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.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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