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MailAddress::DisplayName Property

Gets the display name composed from the display name and address information specified when this instance was created.

Namespace:  System.Net.Mail
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)

public:
property String^ DisplayName {
	String^ get ();
}

Property Value

Type: System::String
A String that contains the display name; otherwise, String::Empty ("") if no display name information was specified when this instance was created.

Display names that contain non-ASCII characters are returned in human-readable form. Use the ToString method to get the encoded form of the DisplayName.

Some software programs that are used to read e-mail display the DisplayName property value instead of, or in addition to, the e-mail address.

The following code example displays the DisplayName for the recipient of an e-mail message.


   static void CreateBccTestMessage( String^ server )
   {
      MailAddress^ from = gcnew MailAddress( L"ben@contoso.com",L"Ben Miller" );
      MailAddress^ to = gcnew MailAddress( L"jane@contoso.com",L"Jane Clayton" );
      MailMessage^ message = gcnew MailMessage( from,to );
      message->Subject = L"Using the SmtpClient class.";
      message->Body = L"Using this feature, you can send an e-mail message from an application very easily.";
      MailAddress^ bcc = gcnew MailAddress( L"manager1@contoso.com" );
      message->Bcc->Add( bcc );
      SmtpClient^ client = gcnew SmtpClient( server );
      client->Credentials = CredentialCache::DefaultNetworkCredentials;
      Console::WriteLine( L"Sending an e-mail message to {0} and {1}.", to->DisplayName, message->Bcc );
      try
      { 
          client->Send( message );
      }
      catch ( Exception^ ex )
      {
          Console::WriteLine(L"Exception caught in CreateBccTestMessage(): {0}", 
                        ex->ToString() );
      }
      client->~SmtpClient();
   }




.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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