ServerDescriptor Constructor(String,ServerElement)

Initializes a new instance of the class, with specified machine name and ServerElement.

Syntax

public ServerDescriptor( 
   string location,
   ServerElement serverElement
)

public:
ServerDescriptor( 
   String^ location,
   ServerElement^ serverElement
)

'Declaration
 
Public Function New( _
   ByVal location As String, _
   ByVal serverElement As ServerElement _
)

'Usage
 
Dim location As String
Dim serverElement As ServerElement
 
Dim instance As New ServerDescriptor(location, serverElement)

Parameters

location

Name of the machine (or host). Replaces the location computer specified in the .

The value represents a UNC or DNS computer name. Any string can be passed to this parameter (i.e. will not cause System.ArgumentException), but not all values make sense and will work when an operation using them is attempted. IPv6 addresses are normally enclosed between '[' and ']'.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

serverElement

Server element object (obtained through browsing for servers) that contains the server's ProgID or CLSID.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Exceptions

Exception Description

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentNullException	A `null` reference (`Nothing` in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument. This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

System.ArgumentNullException

A null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument.

This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

Reference

ServerDescriptor Class
ServerDescriptor Members
Overload List

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