SettingsStore.GetString Method (String, String)

Returns the value of the requested property whose data type is [!:SettingsType.String].

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings
Assemblies:   Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustOverride Function GetString ( _
    collectionPath As String, _
    propertyName As String _
) As String

public abstract string GetString(
    string collectionPath,
    string propertyName
)

public:
virtual String^ GetString(
    String^ collectionPath, 
    String^ propertyName
) abstract

abstract GetString : 
        collectionPath:string * 
        propertyName:string -> string

public abstract function GetString(
    collectionPath : String, 
    propertyName : String
) : String

Parameters

• collectionPath
  Type: System.String

  Path of the collection of the property.

• propertyName
  Type: System.String

  Name of the property.

Return Value

Type: System.String
Value of the property.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	Throws this exception if the property is of different type or if it does not exist.

.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

SettingsStore Class

GetString Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings Namespace