EnvironmentPermission.AddPathList(EnvironmentPermissionAccess, String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Permissions

Assembly:

System.Security.Permissions.dll

Package:

System.Security.Permissions v9.0.0-rc.2.24473.5

Source:

EnvironmentPermission.cs

Adds access for the specified environment variables to the existing state of the permission.

public:
 void AddPathList(System::Security::Permissions::EnvironmentPermissionAccess flag, System::String ^ pathList);

public void AddPathList (System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermissionAccess flag, string pathList);

member this.AddPathList : System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermissionAccess * string -> unit

Public Sub AddPathList (flag As EnvironmentPermissionAccess, pathList As String)

Parameters

flag

EnvironmentPermissionAccess

One of the EnvironmentPermissionAccess values.

pathList

String

A list of environment variables (semicolon-separated).

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

The pathList parameter is null.

ArgumentException

The flag parameter is not a valid value of EnvironmentPermissionAccess.

Examples

The following code example shows the use of the AddPathList method.

private bool SetGetPathListDemo()
{
    try
    {
        Console.WriteLine("********************************************************\n");
        Console.WriteLine("Creating an EnvironmentPermission with AllAccess rights for 'TMP'");
        EnvironmentPermission envPerm1 = new EnvironmentPermission(EnvironmentPermissionAccess.AllAccess, "TMP");
        Console.WriteLine("Adding 'TEMP' to the write access list, and 'windir' to the read access list.");
        envPerm1.AddPathList(EnvironmentPermissionAccess.Write, "TEMP");
        envPerm1.AddPathList(EnvironmentPermissionAccess.Read, "windir");
        Console.WriteLine("Read access list before SetPathList = "
            + envPerm1.GetPathList(EnvironmentPermissionAccess.Read));
        Console.WriteLine("Setting read access to 'TMP'");
        envPerm1.SetPathList(EnvironmentPermissionAccess.Read, "TMP");
        Console.WriteLine("Read access list after SetPathList = "
            + envPerm1.GetPathList(EnvironmentPermissionAccess.Read));
        Console.WriteLine("Write access list = " + envPerm1.GetPathList(EnvironmentPermissionAccess.Write));
        Console.WriteLine("Write access environment variables = "
            + envPerm1.GetPathList(EnvironmentPermissionAccess.AllAccess));
    }
    catch (ArgumentException e)
    {
        // EnvironmentPermissionAccess.AllAccess cannot be used as a parameter for GetPathList.
        Console.WriteLine("An ArgumentException occurred as a result of using AllAccess. "
            + " This property cannot be used as a parameter in GetPathList, because it represents "
            + "more than one type of environment variable : \n" + e);
    }

    return true;
}

Private Function SetGetPathListDemo() As Boolean 
    Try
        Console.WriteLine("********************************************************" + vbLf)
        Console.WriteLine("Creating an EnvironmentPermission with AllAccess rights for 'TMP'")
        Dim envPerm1 As New EnvironmentPermission(EnvironmentPermissionAccess.AllAccess, "TMP")
        Console.WriteLine("Adding 'TEMP' to the write access list, and 'windir' to the read access list.")
        envPerm1.AddPathList(EnvironmentPermissionAccess.Write, "TEMP")
        envPerm1.AddPathList(EnvironmentPermissionAccess.Read, "windir")
        Console.WriteLine("Read access list before SetPathList = " + envPerm1.GetPathList(EnvironmentPermissionAccess.Read))
        Console.WriteLine("Setting read access to 'TMP'")
        envPerm1.SetPathList(EnvironmentPermissionAccess.Read, "TMP")
        Console.WriteLine("Read access list after SetPathList = " + envPerm1.GetPathList(EnvironmentPermissionAccess.Read))
        Console.WriteLine("Write access list = " + envPerm1.GetPathList(EnvironmentPermissionAccess.Write))
        Console.WriteLine("Write access environment variables = " + envPerm1.GetPathList(EnvironmentPermissionAccess.AllAccess))
    Catch e As ArgumentException
        ' EnvironmentPermissionAccess.AllAccess cannot be used as a parameter for GetPathList.
        Console.WriteLine("An ArgumentException occurred as a result of using AllAccess. " + _
        " This property cannot be used as a parameter in GetPathList, because it represents " + _
        "more than one type of environment variable : " + vbLf + e.Message)
    End Try
    
    Return True

End Function 'SetGetPathListDemo

Remarks

Use this method to modify environment variable access by adding to the state of the current permission.