' Initialize is used to initialize the properties and any state that the
' AccessProvider holds, but is not used to build the site map.
' The site map is built when the BuildSiteMap method is called.
Public Overrides Sub Initialize(ByVal name As String, ByVal attributes As NameValueCollection)
    If IsInitialized Then
        Return
    End If
    MyBase.Initialize(name, attributes)

    ' Create and test the connection to the Microsoft Access database.
    ' Retrieve the Value of the Access connection string from the
    ' attributes NameValueCollection.
    Dim connectionString As String = attributes(AccessConnectionStringName)

    If Nothing = connectionString OrElse connectionString.Length = 0 Then
        Throw New Exception("The connection string was not found.")
    Else
        accessConnection = New OleDbConnection(connectionString)
    End If
    initialized = True
End Sub