WritableSettingsStore.SetString Method

Updates the value of the specified property to the given string value while setting its data type to [!:SettingsType.String].

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 Sub SetString ( _
    collectionPath As String, _
    propertyName As String, _
    value As String _
)

public abstract void SetString(
    string collectionPath,
    string propertyName,
    string value
)

public:
virtual void SetString(
    String^ collectionPath, 
    String^ propertyName, 
    String^ value
) abstract

abstract SetString : 
        collectionPath:string * 
        propertyName:string * 
        value:string -> unit

public abstract function SetString(
    collectionPath : String, 
    propertyName : String, 
    value : String
)

Parameters

• collectionPath
  Type: String

  Path of the collection of the property.

• propertyName
  Type: String

  Name of the property.

• value
  Type: String

  New value of the property.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	If the collection does not exist, this exception is thrown.

Remarks

If the previous data type of the property is different, it overwrites it.

If the property does not exist, it creates one.

.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

WritableSettingsStore Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings Namespace