EFConnectionParameters Class

Contains parameters used to establish a connection to an Entity Framework data source.

Namespace: DevExpress.DataAccess.EntityFramework

Assembly: DevExpress.DataAccess.v18.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public class EFConnectionParameters

VB.NET

Public Class EFConnectionParameters

Related API Members

The following members accept/return EFConnectionParameters objects:

• EFDataConnection.ConnectionParameters
• EFDataConnection.CreateDataConnectionParameters()
• EFDataSource.ConnectionParameters
• EFDataSourceModel.ConnectionParameters
• IEFDataSourceModel.ConnectionParameters

Remarks

Use the EFDataSource.ConnectionParameters property to specify the connection parameters of an Entity Framework data source.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

Reporting_how-to-provide-aspxreportdesigner-with-the-sqldatasource-objectdatasource-t271722/CS/WebApplication1/Default.aspx.cs#L67

}
private DevExpress.DataAccess.EntityFramework.EFConnectionParameters ConfigureEfConnectionParameters()
{

how-to-create-data-access-library-data-sources-at-runtime-t424210/CS/EFDataSourceSnippets/Code.cs#L24

{
    var connectionParameters = new DevExpress.DataAccess.EntityFramework.EFConnectionParameters(typeof(NorthwindEntities), "EntityConnection", connectionString);
    var efDataSource = new DevExpress.DataAccess.EntityFramework.EFDataSource(connectionParameters);

how-to-prevent-loading-untrusted-custom-assembly-in-ef-data-model-t408545/CS/EFDataTest/MyHelper.cs#L23

#region #CreateEFDataSource
EFDataSource ds = new EFDataSource(new EFConnectionParameters());
ds.Name = "Contacts";

aspnet-mvc-dashboard-how-to-bind-a-dashboard-to-an-entity-framework-data-source-t551381/CS/WebDashboard_EFDataSource/App_Start/DashboardConfig.cs#L19

DashboardEFDataSource efDataSource = new DashboardEFDataSource("EF Data Source");
efDataSource.ConnectionParameters = new EFConnectionParameters(typeof(NorthwindDataModel));
dataSourceStorage.RegisterDataSource("efDataSource", efDataSource.SaveToXml());

VB.NET

Reporting_how-to-provide-aspxreportdesigner-with-the-sqldatasource-objectdatasource-t271722/VB/WebApplication1/Default.aspx.vb#L60

End Sub
Private Function ConfigureEfConnectionParameters() As DevExpress.DataAccess.EntityFramework.EFConnectionParameters
    Dim efConnParam As New DevExpress.DataAccess.EntityFramework.EFConnectionParameters()

how-to-create-data-access-library-data-sources-at-runtime-t424210/VB/EFDataSourceSnippets/Code.vb#L19

Private Function GenerateEFDataSource() As EFDataSource
    Dim connectionParameters = New DevExpress.DataAccess.EntityFramework.EFConnectionParameters(GetType(NorthwindEntities), "EntityConnection", connectionString)
    Dim efDataSource = New DevExpress.DataAccess.EntityFramework.EFDataSource(connectionParameters)

how-to-prevent-loading-untrusted-custom-assembly-in-ef-data-model-t408545/VB/EFDataTest/MyHelper.vb#L27

'            #Region "#CreateEFDataSource"
            Dim ds As New EFDataSource(New EFConnectionParameters())
            ds.Name = "Contacts"

aspnet-mvc-dashboard-how-to-bind-a-dashboard-to-an-entity-framework-data-source-t551381/VB/WebDashboard_EFDataSource/App_Start/DashboardConfig.vb#L23

Dim efDataSource As New DashboardEFDataSource("EF Data Source")
efDataSource.ConnectionParameters = New EFConnectionParameters(GetType(NorthwindDataModel))
dataSourceStorage.RegisterDataSource("efDataSource", efDataSource.SaveToXml())

Inheritance

Object

EFConnectionParameters