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<Type Name="SettingsDescriptionAttribute" FullName="System.Configuration.SettingsDescriptionAttribute">
  <TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public sealed class SettingsDescriptionAttribute : Attribute" />
  <TypeSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".class public auto ansi sealed beforefieldinit SettingsDescriptionAttribute extends System.Attribute" />
  <AssemblyInfo>
    <AssemblyName>System</AssemblyName>
    <AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
    <AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
  </AssemblyInfo>
  <Base>
    <BaseTypeName>System.Attribute</BaseTypeName>
  </Base>
  <Interfaces />
  <Attributes>
    <Attribute>
      <AttributeName>System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Property)</AttributeName>
    </Attribute>
  </Attributes>
  <Docs>
    <since version=".NET 2.0" />
    <remarks>
      <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
      <para>The <see cref="T:System.Configuration.SettingsDescriptionAttribute" /> is intended to assist both design time tools and administrative run time tools in identifying and describing the associated configuration property.</para>
      <para>This attribute is optional and can only be applied at the individual configuration property level.</para>
    </remarks>
    <summary>
      <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
      <para>Provides a string that describes an individual configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.</para>
    </summary>
  </Docs>
  <Members>
    <Member MemberName=".ctor">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public SettingsDescriptionAttribute (string description);" />
      <MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig specialname rtspecialname instance void .ctor(string description) cil managed" />
      <MemberType>Constructor</MemberType>
      <AssemblyInfo>
        <AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
        <AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
      </AssemblyInfo>
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="description" Type="System.String" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <since version=".NET 2.0" />
        <remarks>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>Although the description has a theoretical maximum length of the <see cref="T:System.String" /> class, whose length is represented by a <see cref="T:System.Int32" />, the following two practical considerations will limit the size of the <paramref name="description" /> parameter:</para>
          <list type="bullet">
            <item>
              <para>Large text descriptions are difficult to display in a user interface (UI) and difficult for the user to read.</para>
            </item>
            <item>
              <para>Settings providers may enforce overall usage quotas and are required to enforce user configuration quotas.</para>
            </item>
          </list>
        </remarks>
        <summary>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>Initializes an instance of the <see cref="T:System.Configuration.SettingsDescriptionAttribute" /> class.</para>
        </summary>
        <param name="description">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />The <see cref="T:System.String" /> used as descriptive text.</param>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName="Description">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public string Description { get; }" />
      <MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".property instance string Description" />
      <MemberType>Property</MemberType>
      <AssemblyInfo>
        <AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
        <AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
      </AssemblyInfo>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.String</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Docs>
        <value>To be added.</value>
        <since version=".NET 2.0" />
        <remarks>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>The <see cref="P:System.Configuration.SettingsDescriptionAttribute.Description" /> property is set by the <see cref="M:System.Configuration.SettingsDescriptionAttribute.#ctor(System.String)" /> constructor.</para>
        </remarks>
        <summary>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>Gets the descriptive text for the associated configuration property.</para>
        </summary>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
  </Members>
</Type>