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SettingsProviderCollection::Add Method

Adds a new settings provider to the collection.

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

public:
virtual void Add(
	ProviderBase^ provider
) override

Parameters

provider
Type: System.Configuration.Provider::ProviderBase
A ProviderBase to add to the collection.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentException

The provider parameter is not of type SettingsProvider.

-or-

The Name property of the provider parameter is null or an empty string.

-or-

A settings provider with the same Name already exists in the collection.

NotSupportedException

The collection is read-only.

ArgumentNullException

The provider parameter is nullptr.

The Name property of the SettingsProvider is used as the storage key.

Caution noteCaution

Although the Add method has a single ProviderBase parameter to match the signature of this same method in the base class ProviderCollection, this method will throw an exception if the provider parameter is not of type SettingsProvider.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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