ProtectedConfiguration.DataProtectionProviderName Field

public: System::String ^ DataProtectionProviderName;

public const string DataProtectionProviderName;

val mutable DataProtectionProviderName : string

Public Const DataProtectionProviderName As String 

Field Value

Examples

The following example shows how to use the DataProtectionProviderName property to retrieve the name of the current data-protection provider.

// Get the current provider name.
string dataProtectionProviderName =
   ProtectedConfiguration.DataProtectionProviderName;
Console.WriteLine(
    "Data protection provider name: {0}",
     dataProtectionProviderName);

' Get the current provider name.
  Dim dataProtectionProviderName As String = _
  ProtectedConfiguration.DataProtectionProviderName
  Console.WriteLine( _
  "Data protection provider name: {0}", _
  dataProtectionProviderName)

Remarks

This a constant string variable that contains the name of the data-protection provider made available by the system to protect a configuration section.

See also

• ProtectedConfigurationProvider
• DpapiProtectedConfigurationProvider