ProviderSettingsCollection Class

Note: This class is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

Represents a collection of ProviderSettings objects.

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

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class ProviderSettingsCollection
	Inherits ConfigurationElementCollection
'Usage
Dim instance As ProviderSettingsCollection

public final class ProviderSettingsCollection extends ConfigurationElementCollection
public final class ProviderSettingsCollection extends ConfigurationElementCollection

The ProviderSettingsCollection class represents the providers element within a configuration file.

The following code example shows how to iterate through the Providers property, which returns a ProviderSettingsCollection.

Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Collections.Specialized
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Configuration


' Show how to use a custom protected configuration
' provider.

Public Class UsingProviderSettings
   
   
   
   Private Shared Sub GetProviderSettings()
      ' Get the application configuration file.
        Dim config _
        As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
        ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _
        ConfigurationUserLevel.None)
      
        Dim pSection As _
        ProtectedConfigurationSection = _
        config.GetSection("protectedData")
      
        Dim providerSettings _
        As ProviderSettingsCollection = _
        pSection.Providers
      
      Dim pSettings As ProviderSettings
      For Each pSettings In  providerSettings
         
            Console.WriteLine( _
            "Provider settings name: {0", _
            pSettings.Name)
         

            Console.WriteLine( _
            "Provider settings type: {0", _
            pSettings.Type)

            Dim parameters _
            As NameValueCollection = pSettings.Parameters
         
            Dim pEnum _
            As IEnumerator = parameters.GetEnumerator()
         
         Dim i As Integer = 0
         While pEnum.MoveNext()
                Dim pLength As String = _
                parameters(i).Length.ToString()
                Console.WriteLine( _
                "Provider ssettings: {0 has {1 parameters", _
                pSettings.Name, pLength)
         End While
        Next pSettings

   End Sub 'GetProviderSettings
      
   
    Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

        GetProviderSettings()
    End Sub 'Main 
End Class 'UsingProviderSettings

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

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

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0

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