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ProviderSettingsCollection Class

Represents a collection of ProviderSettings objects.

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

'Declaration
<ConfigurationCollectionAttribute(GetType(ProviderSettings))> _
Public NotInheritable Class ProviderSettingsCollection _
	Inherits ConfigurationElementCollection
'Usage
Dim instance As ProviderSettingsCollection

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
Imports System.Security.Permissions


' Shows how to use the ProviderSettings. 
Namespace Samples.AspNet


    Public Class UsingProviderSettings


        <PermissionSet( _
           SecurityAction.Demand, Name:="FullTrust")> _
           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("configProtectedData")

            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

End Namespace

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 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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