SettingsProviderCollection.Add(ProviderBase) Method
Definition
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Adds a new settings provider to the collection.
public:
override void Add(System::Configuration::Provider::ProviderBase ^ provider);public override void Add (System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase provider);override this.Add : System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase -> unitPublic Overrides Sub Add (provider As ProviderBase)Parameters
- provider
- ProviderBase
A ProviderBase to add to the collection.
Exceptions
The provider parameter is not of type SettingsProvider.
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The Name property of the provider parameter is null or an empty string.
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A settings provider with the same Name already exists in the collection.
The collection is read-only.
The provider parameter is null.
Remarks
The Name property of the SettingsProvider is used as the storage key.
Caution
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.
