Name

ExtendedProperties

Synopsis

PropertyCollection ep = DataColumn.ExtendedProperties;

Accesses the PropertyCollection object of the DataColumn that allows custom information related to the DataColumn to be stored. Nonstring properties aren’t persisted when the DataSet is written as XML.

Example

The following example shows how to set and retrieve custom information for the DataTable using ExtendedProperties:

// set

col.ExtendedProperties.Add("MyKey", "MyCustomData");



// get

String customData = col.ExtendedProperties["MyKey"].ToString();

Note

See the Notes for the ExtendedProperties collection section in Chapter 22.