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ConnectionStringEditor::GetProviderName Method

Returns the provider name for the provided instance of the ConnectionStringEditor class.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.Design
Assembly:  System.Design (in System.Design.dll)

protected:
virtual String^ GetProviderName(
	Object^ instance
)

Parameters

instance
Type: System::Object
A ConnectionStringEditor or an instance of a derived class.

Return Value

Type: System::String
Always an empty string ("").

The GetProviderName method gets the provider name for the current instance of the ConnectionStringEditor class. For example, in the SqlDataSourceConnectionStringEditor class, which is derived from ConnectionStringEditor class, the GetProviderName method returns the provider name.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

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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