ConnectionStringEditor.GetProviderName Method

Note: This method is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

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
)
protected String GetProviderName (
	Object instance
)
protected function GetProviderName (
	instance : Object
) : String

Parameters

instance

A ConnectionStringEditor or an instance of a derived class.

Return Value

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.

  • Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see .

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0
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