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 MaxRequestLength Property
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/.NET Framework 2.0

Other versions are also available for the following:
HttpRuntimeSection.MaxRequestLength Property
Gets or sets the maximum request size.

Namespace: System.Web.Configuration
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Property MaxRequestLength As Integer
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As HttpRuntimeSection
Dim value As Integer

value = instance.MaxRequestLength

instance.MaxRequestLength = value
C#
public int MaxRequestLength { get; set; }
C++
public:
property int MaxRequestLength {
    int get ();
    void set (int value);
}
J#
/** @property */
public int get_MaxRequestLength ()

/** @property */
public void set_MaxRequestLength (int value)
JScript
public function get MaxRequestLength () : int

public function set MaxRequestLength (value : int)
XAML
Not applicable.

Property Value

The maximum request size in kilobytes. The default size is 4096 KB (4 MB).
Exception typeCondition

ConfigurationErrorsException

The selected value is less than RequestLengthDiskThreshold.

The MaxRequestLength property can be used to prevent denial of service attacks caused by users posting large files to the server.

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The following example shows how to use the MaxRequestLength property.

Visual Basic
' Get the MaxRequestLength property value.
Response.Write("MaxRequestLength: " & _
  configSection.MaxRequestLength & "<br>")

' Set the MaxRequestLength property value to 2048 kilobytes.
configSection.MaxRequestLength = 2048
C#
// Get the MaxRequestLength property value.
Response.Write("MaxRequestLength: " +
  configSection.MaxRequestLength + "<br>");

// Set the MaxRequestLength property value to 2048 kilobytes.
configSection.MaxRequestLength = 2048;

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0
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