Configuration.Description Property

Article
12/03/2008

Gets or sets the description of the configuration. This property is read-only.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS (in microsoft.sqlserver.manageddts.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property Description As String

public string Description { get; set; }

public:
virtual property String^ Description {
    String^ get () sealed;
    void set (String^ value) sealed;
}

/** @property */
public final String get_Description ()

/** @property */
public final void set_Description (String value)

public final function get Description () : String

public final function set Description (value : String)

Property Value

A String that contains the description given to the configuration.

Remarks

The configuration name can also be assigned using the Package Configuration Wizard. For more information, see Creating Package Configurations.

Example

The following code example creates a package, enables configurations, and enables the export of the configuration file. It adds a new Configuration to the package in the Configurations collection, and sets several properties. After saving and reloading the package, the configuration properties are displayed.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.BulkInsertTask;

namespace configuration_API
{
    class Program
    {    
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
        // Create a package and set two properties.
            Package pkg = new Package();
            pkg.EnableConfigurations = true;
            pkg.ExportConfigurationFile(@"C:\conf.xml");

            // Create a variable object and add it to the 
            // package Variables collection.
            Variable varPkg = pkg.Variables.Add("var", false, "", 100);
            varPkg.Value = 1;
            string packagePathToVariable = varPkg.GetPackagePath();

            // Create a configuration object and add it to the 
           // package configuration collection.
            Configuration config = pkg.Configurations.Add();

           // Set properties on the configuration object.
            config.ConfigurationString = "conf.xml";
            config.Description = "My configuration description";
            config.ConfigurationType = DTSConfigurationType.ConfigFile;
            config.PackagePath = packagePathToVariable;

            // Save the package and its configuration.
            Application app = new Application();
            app.SaveToXml(@"c:\pkg.xml", pkg, null);
            
            // Reload the package.
            Package p1 = app.LoadPackage(@"c:\pkg.xml", null);

            // Review the configuration information.
            Configurations configs_After = pkg.Configurations;
            foreach(Configuration confAfter in configs_After)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("ConfigurationString is {0}", confAfter.ConfigurationString);
                Console.WriteLine("ConfigurationType is {0}", confAfter.ConfigurationType);
                Console.WriteLine("CreationName is {0}", confAfter.CreationName);
                Console.WriteLine("Description is {0}", confAfter.Description);
                Console.WriteLine("Assigned ID is {0}", confAfter.ID);
                Console.WriteLine("Name is {0}", confAfter.Name);
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.BulkInsertTask
 
Namespace configuration_API
    Class Program    
        Shared  Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
        ' Create a package and set two properties.
            Dim pkg As Package =  New Package() 
            pkg.EnableConfigurations = True
            pkg.ExportConfigurationFile("C:\conf.xml")
 
            ' Create a variable object and add it to the 
            ' package Variables collection.
            Dim varPkg As Variable =  pkg.Variables.Add("var",False,"",100) 
            varPkg.Value = 1
            Dim packagePathToVariable As String =  varPkg.GetPackagePath() 
 
            ' Create a configuration object and add it to the 
           ' package configuration collection.
            Dim config As Configuration =  pkg.Configurations.Add() 
 
           ' Set properties on the configuration object.
            config.ConfigurationString = "conf.xml"
            config.Description = "My configuration description"
            config.ConfigurationType = DTSConfigurationType.ConfigFile
            config.PackagePath = packagePathToVariable
 
            ' Save the package and its configuration.
            Dim app As Application =  New Application() 
            app.SaveToXml("c:\pkg.xml", pkg, Nothing)
 
            ' Reload the package.
            Dim p1 As Package =  app.LoadPackage("c:\pkg.xml",Nothing) 
 
            ' Review the configuration information.
            Dim configs_After As Configurations =  pkg.Configurations 
            Dim confAfter As Configuration
            For Each confAfter In configs_After
                Console.WriteLine("ConfigurationString is {0}", confAfter.ConfigurationString)
                Console.WriteLine("ConfigurationType is {0}", confAfter.ConfigurationType)
                Console.WriteLine("CreationName is {0}", confAfter.CreationName)
                Console.WriteLine("Description is {0}", confAfter.Description)
                Console.WriteLine("Assigned ID is {0}", confAfter.ID)
                Console.WriteLine("Name is {0}", confAfter.Name)
            Next
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Sample Output:

The value of variable var = 1

ConfigurationString is conf.xml

ConfigurationType is ConfigFile

CreationName is

Description is My configuration description

Assigned ID is {9CF65E37-0833-44CD-A99D-EBFE38FAB31B}

Name is {9CF65E37-0833-44CD-A99D-EBFE38FAB31B}

Package Path is \Package.Variables[::var]

Thread Safety

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

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms