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WebConfigurationManager::OpenWebConfiguration Method (String^)

.NET Framework (current version)
 

Opens the Web-application configuration file as a Configuration object using the specified virtual path to allow read or write operations.

Namespace:   System.Web.Configuration
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

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static Configuration^ OpenWebConfiguration(
	String^ path
)

Parameters

path
Type: System::String^

The virtual path to the configuration file. If null, the root Web.config file is opened.

Return Value

Type: System.Configuration::Configuration^

A Configuration object.

Exception Condition
ConfigurationErrorsException

A valid configuration file could not be loaded.

To obtain the Configuration object for a resource, your code must have read privileges on all the configuration files from which it inherits settings. To update a configuration file, your code must additionally have write privileges for both the configuration file and the directory in which it exists.

The following example shows how to access configuration information with the OpenWebConfiguration method.

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.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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