DataExplorerConnection Class

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10/02/2013

Represents a connection that exists in the Visual Studio Server Explorer or Data Explorer window.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.DataExplorerConnection

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class DataExplorerConnection

public abstract class DataExplorerConnection

public ref class DataExplorerConnection abstract

[<AbstractClass>]
type DataExplorerConnection =  class end

public abstract class DataExplorerConnection

The DataExplorerConnection type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	DataExplorerConnection	Class constructor. This constructor supports the DDEX infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	DisplayName	Retrieves or sets the display name of the root node for this data connection.
	EncryptedConnectionString	Retrieves an encrypted string containing information about this data connection.
	Hierarchy	Gets the underlying IVsUIHierarchy object that represents this Explorer connection in the tree view.
	HierarchyObject	This member supports the DDEX infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
	Provider	Retrieves the unique identifier of the DDEX Provider for this Explorer connection.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Evaluates whether a specified object is equivalent to the current Explorer connection object instance. (Overrides Object.Equals(Object).)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Retrieves an integer value representing the hash code for the current Explorer connection instance. (Overrides Object.GetHashCode().)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

Depending on the edition of Visual Studio you are using, the tool window that contains data connection nodes may be called "Server Explorer", "Database Explorer", or "Data Explorer". Regardless, this class represents a data connection node that appears as a child to the "Data Connections" node in this Visual Studio window.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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