FormsAuthenticationConfiguration.Timeout Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Web.dll

Gets or sets the authentication time-out.

C#

[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.Configuration.TimeSpanMinutesConverter))]
[System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("timeout", DefaultValue="00:30:00")]
[System.Configuration.TimeSpanValidator(MaxValueString="10675199.02:48:05.4775807", MinValueString="00:01:00")]
public TimeSpan Timeout { get; set; }

Property Value

TimeSpan

The amount of time in minutes after which the authentication expires. The default value is 30 minutes.

Attributes

TypeConverterAttribute ConfigurationPropertyAttribute TimeSpanValidatorAttribute

Examples

The following code example shows how to access the Timeout property. Refer to the code example in the FormsAuthenticationConfiguration class topic to learn how to get the section.

C#

// Get the current Timeout.
System.TimeSpan currentTimeout =
    formsAuthentication.Timeout;

// Set the Timeout.
formsAuthentication.Timeout =
    System.TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10);

Applies to

See also

• SlidingExpiration