ConnectionInfo.Description Property

Gets or sets a description for a connection.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property Description As String 
    Get 
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As ConnectionInfo 
Dim value As String 

value = instance.Description

instance.Description = value

public string Description { get; set; }

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

abstract Description : string with get, set 
override Description : string with get, set

final function get Description () : String 
final function set Description (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System.String
A String that contains the connection's description.

Implements

IDTSName.Description

Remarks

In the graphical user interface for the SSIS Designer, this property is commonly shown in the Description property for each connection. This property is not required; however, it is useful to have descriptions.

Examples

The following code example creates an Application object, iterates through the default connections on the computer and then lists the properties of each connection. In this example, the Description is shown as "Connection Manager for Files".

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

namespace ConnInfoTest
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Application dtsApplication = new Application();
            ConnectionInfos connectionInfos = dtsApplication.ConnectionInfos;

            foreach (ConnectionInfo connInfo in connectionInfos)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionContact);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionType);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.CreationName);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Description);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileName);
                //Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileNameVersionString);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconFile);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconResource);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ID);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Name);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.UITypeName);
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
 
Namespace ConnInfoTest
    Class Program
        Shared  Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            Dim dtsApplication As Application =  New Application() 
            Dim connectionInfos As ConnectionInfos =  dtsApplication.ConnectionInfos 
 
            Dim connInfo As ConnectionInfo
            For Each connInfo In connectionInfos
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionContact)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionType)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.CreationName)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Description)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileName)
                'Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileNameVersionString)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconFile)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconResource)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ID)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Name)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.UITypeName)
            Next
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Sample Output:

Microsoft Corporation

FILE

DTS.ConnectionManagerFile.1

Connection Manager for Files

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\DtsConn.dll

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\DtsConn.dll

0

{41F5EFE4-E91A-4EB0-BF10-D40FD48B3C03}

DTS Connection Manager for Files

Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design.SingleFileConnectionManagerUI,

Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design, Version=10.0.000.0,

Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91

See Also

Reference

ConnectionInfo Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime Namespace