SettingsStore.GetBoolean Method (String, String, Boolean)

Returns the value of the requested property whose data type is [!:SettingsType.Int32] as boolean.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings
Assemblies:   Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustOverride Function GetBoolean ( _
    collectionPath As String, _
    propertyName As String, _
    defaultValue As Boolean _
) As Boolean

public abstract bool GetBoolean(
    string collectionPath,
    string propertyName,
    bool defaultValue
)

public:
virtual bool GetBoolean(
    String^ collectionPath, 
    String^ propertyName, 
    bool defaultValue
) abstract

abstract GetBoolean : 
        collectionPath:string * 
        propertyName:string * 
        defaultValue:bool -> bool

public abstract function GetBoolean(
    collectionPath : String, 
    propertyName : String, 
    defaultValue : boolean
) : boolean

Parameters

• collectionPath
  Type: String

  Path of the collection of the property.

• propertyName
  Type: String

  Name of the property.

• defaultValue
  Type: Boolean

  Value to be returned if the property does not exist.

Return Value

Type: Boolean
If the property does not exist, it returns the defaultValue passed in otherwise it returns true if the underling integer value is non-zero and false if it is zero.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	Throws this exception if the property is of different type.

.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

SettingsStore Class

GetBoolean Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings Namespace