ConnectionInfo.ConnectionType Property

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime

Assembly:

Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS.dll

Returns the name of the connection manager used to create the connection. This value is read-only.

public:
 property System::String ^ ConnectionType { System::String ^ get(); };

public string ConnectionType { get; }

member this.ConnectionType : string

Public ReadOnly Property ConnectionType As String

Property Value

String

A String that contains the name of the connection manager used to create the connection.

Examples

The following code example creates an Application object, iterates through the default connections on the computer and then lists the properties of each connection. In this example, the ConnectionType is shown as "FILE".

using System;  
using System.Collections.Generic;  
using System.Text;  
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime;  

namespace ConnInfoTest  
{  
    class Program  
    {  
        static void Main(string[] args)  
        {  
            Application dtsApplication = new Application();  
            ConnectionInfos connectionInfos = dtsApplication.ConnectionInfos;  

            foreach (ConnectionInfo connInfo in connectionInfos)  
            {  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionContact);  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionType);  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.CreationName);  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Description);  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileName);  
                //Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileNameVersionString);  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconFile);  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconResource);  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ID);  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Name);  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.UITypeName);  
            }  
        }  
    }  
}  

Imports System  
Imports System.Collections.Generic  
Imports System.Text  
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime  

Namespace ConnInfoTest  
    Class Program  
        Shared  Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)  
            Dim dtsApplication As Application =  New Application()   
            Dim connectionInfos As ConnectionInfos =  dtsApplication.ConnectionInfos   

            Dim connInfo As ConnectionInfo  
            For Each connInfo In connectionInfos  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionContact)  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionType)  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.CreationName)  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Description)  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileName)  
                'Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileNameVersionString)  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconFile)  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconResource)  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ID)  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Name)  
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.UITypeName)  
            Next  
        End Sub  
    End Class  
End Namespace  

Sample Output:

Microsoft Corporation

FILE

DTS.ConnectionManagerFile.1

Connection Manager for Files

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\DtsConn.dll

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\DtsConn.dll

0

{41F5EFE4-E91A-4EB0-BF10-D40FD48B3C03}

DTS Connection Manager for Files

Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design.SingleFileConnectionManagerUI,

Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design, Version=10.0.000.0,

Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91

Remarks

Integration Services includes many connection manager types. The following is a partial list:

• ADO, the connection manager for ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)

• ADO.NET, the connection manager for ADO.NET

• FILE, the connection manager for files

For a complete list of connection managers included with Integration Services and their associated names, see Adding Connections Programmatically.