WebConfigurationManager.OpenMachineConfiguration Method (String, String)

 

Opens the specified machine-configuration file on the specified server as a Configuration object to allow read or write operations.

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

Public Shared Function OpenMachineConfiguration (
	locationSubPath As String,
	server As String
) As Configuration

Parameters

locationSubPath
Type: System.String

The application path to which the configuration applies.

server
Type: System.String

The fully qualified name of the server to return the configuration for.

Exception Condition
ConfigurationErrorsException

A valid configuration file could not be loaded.

This method opens the machine-configuration file that is located in the directory specified by the locationSubPath parameter and on the computer specified by the server parameter.

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

' Show how to use OpenMachineConfiguration(string, string).
' It gets the machine.config file on the specified server and
' applicabe to the specified reosurce and displays section 
' basic information. 
Shared Sub OpenMachineConfiguration3()
    ' Get the machine.config file applicabe to the
    ' specified reosurce and on the specified server.
    Dim config As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
    WebConfigurationManager.OpenMachineConfiguration( _
    "configTest", "myServer")

    ' Loop to get the sections. Display basic information.
    Console.WriteLine("Name, Allow Definition")
    Dim i As Integer = 0
    Dim section As ConfigurationSection
    For Each section In config.Sections
        Console.WriteLine((section.SectionInformation.Name + _
        ControlChars.Tab + _
        section.SectionInformation.AllowExeDefinition.ToString()))
        i += 1
    Next section
    Console.WriteLine("[Total number of sections: {0}]", i)

    ' Display machine.config path.
    Console.WriteLine("[File path: {0}]", config.FilePath)
End Sub 'OpenMachineConfiguration3


.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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