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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.

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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