ProtectedConfigurationSection.DefaultProvider Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Gets or sets the name of the default ProtectedConfigurationProvider object in the Providers collection property.

public:
 property System::String ^ DefaultProvider { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public string DefaultProvider { get; set; }

member this.DefaultProvider : string with get, set

Public Property DefaultProvider As String

Property Value

String

The name of the default ProtectedConfigurationProvider object in the Providers collection property.

Examples

The following code example shows how to use the DefaultProvider property.

static void GetDefaultProvider()
{
    try
    {
        // Get the application configuration.
        Configuration config =
            ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
            ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

        // Get the protected configuration section.
        ProtectedConfigurationSection pcSection =
            (System.Configuration.ProtectedConfigurationSection)
            config.GetSection("configProtectedData");

        // Get the current DefaultProvider.
        Console.WriteLine(
            "Protected configuration section default provider:");
        Console.WriteLine("  {0}", pcSection.DefaultProvider);
    }
    catch (ConfigurationErrorsException e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
    }
}

Shared Sub GetDefaultProvider() 
    Try
        ' Get the application configuration.
        Dim config As Configuration = _
        ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _
        ConfigurationUserLevel.None)
        
        ' Get the protected configuration section.
        Dim pcSection _
        As ProtectedConfigurationSection = _
        CType(config.GetSection( _
        "configProtectedData"), _
        System.Configuration.ProtectedConfigurationSection)
        
        ' Get the current DefaultProvider.
        Console.WriteLine( _
        "Protected configuration section default provider:")
        Console.WriteLine("{0}", _
        pcSection.DefaultProvider)
    
    Catch e As ConfigurationErrorsException
        Console.WriteLine(e.ToString())
    End Try

End Sub