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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.

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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