SectionInformation.SectionName Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Package:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager v8.0.0

Source:

SectionInformation.cs

Gets the name of the associated configuration section.

public:
 property System::String ^ SectionName { System::String ^ get(); };

public string SectionName { get; }

member this.SectionName : string

Public ReadOnly Property SectionName As String

Property Value

String

The name of the associated ConfigurationSection object.

Examples

The following example shows how to get the SectionName value of a ConfigurationSection object.

static public void GetSectionName()
{
    SectionInformation sInfo =
        GetSectionInformation();

    string sectionName = sInfo.SectionName;
    Console.WriteLine("Section type: {0}", sectionName);
}

Public Shared Sub GetSectionName() 
    Dim sInfo As SectionInformation = _
    GetSectionInformation()
    
    Dim sectionName As String = _
    sInfo.SectionName
    Console.WriteLine("Section type: {0}", _
    sectionName)
End Sub

Remarks

The SectionName property value is the complete section name, which includes the configuration inheritance hierarchy.