IConnectionStorageService Interface

When implemented by a class, provides a service functionality to store the data connection settings in WinForms applications.

Namespace: DevExpress.DataAccess.Wizard.Services

Assembly: DevExpress.DataAccess.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public interface IConnectionStorageService

VB.NET

Public Interface IConnectionStorageService

Related API Members

The following members return IConnectionStorageService objects:

Library	Related API Members
Cross-Platform Class Library	ConfigureConnectionContext.ConnectionStorageService
	ConfigureContext.ConnectionStorageService
	EditConnectionContext.ConnectionStorageService
	EditFiltersContext.ConnectionStorageService
WinForms Controls	ConfigureConnectionContext.ConnectionStorageService
	ConfigureContext.ConnectionStorageService
	EditConnectionContext.ConnectionStorageService
	EditFiltersContext.ConnectionStorageService

Remarks

By default, the report connections list is populated based on the connections stored in the application configuration file. You can also use the IConnectionStorageService interface to initialize, save and restore the connection strings in the End-User Report Designer.

For a code sample, see the following example online: WinForms End-User Designer - How to customize the data source wizard connection string storage.