ProtectedConfigurationSection.DefaultProvider Property

Definition

Gets or sets the name of the default ProtectedConfigurationProvider object in the Providers collection property.

public:
 property System::String ^ DefaultProvider { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
[System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("defaultProvider", DefaultValue="RsaProtectedConfigurationProvider")]
public string DefaultProvider { get; set; }
public string DefaultProvider { get; set; }
[<System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("defaultProvider", DefaultValue="RsaProtectedConfigurationProvider")>]
member this.DefaultProvider : string with get, set
member this.DefaultProvider : string with get, set
Public Property DefaultProvider As String

Property Value

The name of the default ProtectedConfigurationProvider object in the Providers collection property.

Attributes

Examples

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

static void GetDefaultProvider()
{
    try
    {
        // Get the application configuration.
        Configuration config =
            ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
            ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

        // Get the protected configuration section.
        ProtectedConfigurationSection pcSection =
            (System.Configuration.ProtectedConfigurationSection)
            config.GetSection("configProtectedData");

        // Get the current DefaultProvider.
        Console.WriteLine(
            "Protected configuration section default provider:");
        Console.WriteLine("  {0}", pcSection.DefaultProvider);
    }
    catch (ConfigurationErrorsException e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
    }
}
Shared Sub GetDefaultProvider() 
    Try
        ' Get the application configuration.
        Dim config As Configuration = _
        ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _
        ConfigurationUserLevel.None)
        
        ' Get the protected configuration section.
        Dim pcSection _
        As ProtectedConfigurationSection = _
        CType(config.GetSection( _
        "configProtectedData"), _
        System.Configuration.ProtectedConfigurationSection)
        
        ' Get the current DefaultProvider.
        Console.WriteLine( _
        "Protected configuration section default provider:")
        Console.WriteLine("{0}", _
        pcSection.DefaultProvider)
    
    Catch e As ConfigurationErrorsException
        Console.WriteLine(e.ToString())
    End Try

End Sub

Applies to