FormsAuthenticationConfiguration.Timeout Property

Definition

Gets or sets the authentication time-out.

public:
 property TimeSpan Timeout { TimeSpan get(); void set(TimeSpan value); };
[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; }
[<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")>]
member this.Timeout : TimeSpan with get, set
Public Property Timeout As TimeSpan

Property Value

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

Attributes

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.

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

  // Set the Timeout.
  formsAuthentication.Timeout = 
      System.TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10);
' Get the current Timeout.
  Dim currentTimeout As System.TimeSpan = _
  formsAuthentication.Timeout

' Set the Timeout.
  formsAuthentication.Timeout = _
  System.TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10)

Applies to

See also