SectionInformation.AllowDefinition Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Gets or sets a value that indicates where in the configuration file hierarchy the associated configuration section can be defined.

public:
 property System::Configuration::ConfigurationAllowDefinition AllowDefinition { System::Configuration::ConfigurationAllowDefinition get(); void set(System::Configuration::ConfigurationAllowDefinition value); };

public System.Configuration.ConfigurationAllowDefinition AllowDefinition { get; set; }

member this.AllowDefinition : System.Configuration.ConfigurationAllowDefinition with get, set

Public Property AllowDefinition As ConfigurationAllowDefinition

Property Value

ConfigurationAllowDefinition

A value that indicates where in the configuration file hierarchy the associated ConfigurationSection object can be declared.

Exceptions

ConfigurationErrorsException

The selected value conflicts with a value that is already defined.

Examples

The examples in this section show how to get the AllowDefinition property value after accessing the related section information in the configuration file.

The following example gets the SectionInformation object.

// Get the current configuration file.
System.Configuration.Configuration config =
        ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
        ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

// Get the section.
UrlsSection section =
    (UrlsSection)config.GetSection("MyUrls");

SectionInformation sInfo =
    section.SectionInformation;

' Get the current configuration file.
Dim config _
As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _
ConfigurationUserLevel.None)

' Get the section.
Dim section As UrlsSection = _
CType(config.GetSection("MyUrls"), UrlsSection)

Dim sInfo As SectionInformation = _
section.SectionInformation

The following example gets the AllowDefinition value.

ConfigurationAllowDefinition allowDefinition =
    sInfo.AllowDefinition;
Console.WriteLine("Allow definition: {0}", 
    allowDefinition.ToString() );

Dim allowDefinition _
As ConfigurationAllowDefinition = _
sInfo.AllowDefinition
Console.WriteLine("Allow definition: {0}", _
allowDefinition.ToString())

Remarks

AllowDefinition applies only to configuration files of Web applications. For client applications, you must use AllowExeDefinition.

See also

• ConfigurationSection