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

 

Opens the Web-application configuration file as a Configuration object using the specified virtual path, site name, location, server, and security context to allow read or write operations.

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

public:
static Configuration^ OpenWebConfiguration(
	String^ path,
	String^ site,
	String^ locationSubPath,
	String^ server,
	String^ userName,
	String^ password
)

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.

userName
Type: System::String^

The full user name (Domain\User) to use when opening the file.

password
Type: System::String^

The password for the user name.

Exception Condition
ArgumentException

The server or userName and password parameters were invalid.

ConfigurationErrorsException

Could not load a valid configuration file.

This method is used to access a configuration file using impersonation.

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

You might need to run the ASP.NET IIS Registration Tool (Aspnet_regiis.exe) with the -config+ option to enable access to the configuration files on the remote computer.

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

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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