WritableSettingsStore.DeleteCollection Method

Deletes the given collection recursively deleting all of the sub-collections and properties in it. If the collection does not exist or an empty string ("") is passed then the method returns false.

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 DeleteCollection ( _
    collectionPath As String _
) As Boolean

public abstract bool DeleteCollection(
    string collectionPath
)

public:
virtual bool DeleteCollection(
    String^ collectionPath
) abstract

abstract DeleteCollection : 
        collectionPath:string -> bool

public abstract function DeleteCollection(
    collectionPath : String
) : boolean

Parameters

• collectionPath
  Type: String

  Path of the collection to be deleted.

Return Value

Type: Boolean

.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