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ConfigurationAllowDefinition Enum

Definition

Specifies the locations within the configuration-file hierarchy that can set or override the properties contained within a ConfigurationSection object.

C#
public enum ConfigurationAllowDefinition
Inheritance
ConfigurationAllowDefinition

Fields

Name Value Description
MachineOnly 0

The ConfigurationSection can be defined only in the Machine.config file.

MachineToWebRoot 100

The ConfigurationSection can be defined in either the Machine.config file or the machine-level Web.config file found in the same directory as Machine.config, but not in application Web.config files.

MachineToApplication 200

The ConfigurationSection can be defined in either the Machine.config file, the machine-level Web.config file found in the same directory as Machine.config, or the top-level application Web.config file found in the virtual-directory root, but not in subdirectories of a virtual root.

Everywhere 300

The ConfigurationSection can be defined anywhere.

Remarks

The values in this enumeration are optionally used when creating a new instance of the ConfigurationSection class.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET 8 (package-provided), 9 (package-provided)
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7 (package-provided), 4.7, 4.7.1 (package-provided), 4.7.1, 4.7.2 (package-provided), 4.7.2, 4.8 (package-provided), 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0 (package-provided)
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9