DataProvider.GetProperty Method

Retrieves a generically known or DDEX provider-specific property.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustOverride Function GetProperty ( _
    name As String _
) As Object

public abstract Object GetProperty(
    string name
)

public:
virtual Object^ GetProperty(
    String^ name
) abstract

abstract GetProperty : 
        name:string -> Object

public abstract function GetProperty(
    name : String
) : Object

Parameters

• name
  Type: System.String

  Name of the property to retrieve.

Return Value

Type: System.Object
Returns a specified property.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The name parameter is null.

Remarks

This method looks for values beneath a provider's registry root. A cache of property name/value pairs is maintained and not refreshed, so once a property has been retrieved, a given instance of Visual Studio will not pick up a change in the registry until Visual Studio is restarted.

.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

DataProvider Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data Namespace