ConnectionManager.Description Property

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12/03/2008

Gets or sets the description of the ConnectionManager object.

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 connection manager.

Example

The following code example creates a new FILE connection manager and sets several properties, including the Description.

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

namespace FileSystemTask_API
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            String sourceDir = @"C:\TestFolder";
            Package pkg = new Package();
 
            // Create a File connection manager.
            ConnectionManager cm = pkg.Connections.Add("FILE");
            cm.Name = "The FILE connection manager";
            cm.Description = "My FILE connection manager";
            cm.ConnectionString = sourceDir;
            cm.Properties["FileUsageType"].SetValue(cm, DTSFileConnectionUsageType.FolderExists);
        }
    }
}

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.FileSystemTask
 
Namespace FileSystemTask_API
    Class Program
        Shared  Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            Dim sourceDir As String =  "C:\TestFolder" 
            Dim pkg As Package =  New Package() 
 
            ' Create a File connection manager.
            Dim cm As ConnectionManager =  pkg.Connections.Add("FILE") 
            cm.Name = "The FILE connection manager"
            cm.Description = "My FILE connection manager"
            cm.ConnectionString = sourceDir
            cm.Properties("FileUsageType").SetValue(cm, DTSFileConnectionUsageType.FolderExists)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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