AdoDotNetConnectionSupport.Open Method

Opens the specified data connection.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.AdoDotNet
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides Function Open ( _
    doPromptCheck As Boolean _
) As Boolean

public override bool Open(
    bool doPromptCheck
)

public:
virtual bool Open(
    bool doPromptCheck
) override

abstract Open : 
        doPromptCheck:bool -> bool  
override Open : 
        doPromptCheck:bool -> bool

public override function Open(
    doPromptCheck : boolean
) : boolean

Parameters

• doPromptCheck
  Type: System.Boolean

  Boolean indication whether the call to the Open method should return false for specified errors that relate to missing connection information.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
Returns true if the connection was opened successfully and does not require a prompt. Returns false if the connection is missing required connection information and a prompt should be displayed to obtain the missing information form the user. You should return false only when a provider has implemented the DataConnectionPromptDialog class.

Remarks

Any exceptions that occur indicate that a provider-specific error occurred when opening the connection.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

AdoDotNetConnectionSupport Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.AdoDotNet Namespace

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