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ConfigurationSection::SerializeSection Method (ConfigurationElement^, String^, ConfigurationSaveMode)

.NET Framework (current version)

Other Versions

This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Creates an XML string containing an unmerged view of the ConfigurationSection object as a single section to write to a file.

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

Syntax

C++

public protected:
virtual String^ SerializeSection(
	ConfigurationElement^ parentElement,
	String^ name,
	ConfigurationSaveMode saveMode
)

Parameters

parentElement: Type: System.Configuration::ConfigurationElement^
The ConfigurationElement instance to use as the parent when performing the un-merge.

name: Type: System::String^
The name of the section to create.

saveMode: Type: System.Configuration::ConfigurationSaveMode
The ConfigurationSaveMode instance to use when writing to a string.

Return Value

Type: System::String^

An XML string containing an unmerged view of the ConfigurationSection object.

Remarks

Serialization refers to the transformation of real-time data, contained in an object, to XML format and its storage to a configuration file.

Version Information

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0