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WebConfigurationManager::OpenWebConfiguration Method (String^, String^, String^, String^)

.NET Framework (current version)
 

Opens the Web-application configuration file as a Configuration object using the specified virtual path, site name, location, and server 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,
	String^ site,
	String^ locationSubPath,
	String^ server
)

Parameters

path
Type: System::String^

The virtual path to the configuration file.

site
Type: System::String^

The name of the application Web site, as displayed in Internet Information Services (IIS) configuration.

locationSubPath
Type: System::String^

The specific resource to which the configuration applies.

server
Type: System::String^

The network name of the server the Web application resides on.

Return Value

Type: System.Configuration::Configuration^

A Configuration object.

Exception Condition
ArgumentException

The server parameter was invalid.

ConfigurationErrorsException

A valid configuration file could not be loaded.

To obtain the Configuration object for a remote resource, your code must have administrative privileges on the remote computer.

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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