Variable.Expression Property

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

[Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Localization.LocalizablePropertyDescription(typeof(Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Localized), "ExpressionDesc")]
public string Expression { get; set; }

[<Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Localization.LocalizablePropertyDescription(typeof(Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Localized), "ExpressionDesc")>]
member this.Expression : string with get, set

Public Property Expression As String

Property Value

A String that contains the expression.

Attributes

LocalizablePropertyDescriptionAttribute

Examples

The following example sets the EvaluateAsExpression flag to show that the variable contains an expression, and then can use the Expression property.

static void Main(string[] args)  
    {  
        Package p = new Package();  
        p.Variables.Add("x", false, "", 1);  
        Variable v = p.Variables.Add("y", false, "", 1);  
        v.Expression = "@x + 10";  
        v.EvaluateAsExpression = true;  
        if (v.Value.ToString() == "11")  
            Console.WriteLine("Value was 11");  
        else  
            Console.WriteLine("Value was not 11");  
    }  

Shared  Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)  
        Dim p As Package =  New Package()   
        p.Variables.Add("x", False, "", 1)  
        Dim v As Variable =  p.Variables.Add("y",False,"",1)   
        v.Expression = "@x + 10"  
        v.EvaluateAsExpression = True  
        If v.Value.ToString() = "11" Then  
            Console.WriteLine("Value was 11")  
        Else   
            Console.WriteLine("Value was not 11")  
        End If  
End Sub  

Sample Output:

Value was 11

Remarks

The Expression method returns the expression entered in the value property only when the EvaluateAsExpression property is set to true; otherwise, an empty string is returned if false.