Question

I recently implemented a solution to take an SSIS package and reconfigure the connection strings of the package using VB.net. The code is quite simple:

    Const packageLocation As String = "C:\mylocation"
    Dim app As New Application
    Dim pkg = app.LoadPackage(packageLocation, Nothing)

    pkg.Connections.Item(0).ConnectionString = "Data Source=MySource"

I need to write the same piece of code in C# because that is the native language of our QA team, however I can’t seem to be able to access the Item property:

     const string PackageLocation = @"C:\MyLocation";
     Application app = new Application();
     Package pkg = app.LoadPackage(PackageLocation, null);

     pkg.Connections.Item(0).ConnectionString = "Data Source=Mysource";

I am not understanding why I cannot access Connections.Item in the C# version of my code, yet I can with the VB version. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

In C#, the array syntax uses square brackets:

pkg.Connections.Item[0].ConnectionString = "Data Source=Mysource";

Or, since Item appears to be the default indexer for the Connections class, just leave it out entirely:

pkg.Connections[0].ConnectionString = "Data Source=Mysource";