ConnectionDialog.ShowDialogValidateConnection Method

Definition

Used to collect the connection information and to validate it by establishing a live connection.

public:
 System::Windows::Forms::DialogResult ShowDialogValidateConnection(System::Windows::Forms::IWin32Window ^ parent, Microsoft::SqlServer::Management::Smo::RegSvrEnum::UIConnectionInfo ^ % ci, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] System::Data::IDbConnection ^ % connection);
public System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult ShowDialogValidateConnection (System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window parent, ref Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.RegSvrEnum.UIConnectionInfo ci, out System.Data.IDbConnection connection);
member this.ShowDialogValidateConnection : System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window * UIConnectionInfo * IDbConnection -> System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult
Public Function ShowDialogValidateConnection (parent As IWin32Window, ByRef ci As UIConnectionInfo, ByRef connection As IDbConnection) As DialogResult

Parameters

parent
IWin32Window

The Win32 window that owns the dialog box, for example the application main window. Can be a null value if the connection dialog box is top level and does not have a parent.

ci
UIConnectionInfo

The connection information.

connection
IDbConnection

The connection that is tried.

Returns

The result of the dialog box after the validation.

Applies to