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WebConfigurationManager::OpenMachineConfiguration Method (String, String, IntPtr)

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

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

[SecurityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction::Demand, Unrestricted = true)]
public:
static Configuration^ OpenMachineConfiguration(
	String^ locationSubPath, 
	String^ server, 
	IntPtr userToken
)

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.
userToken
Type: System::IntPtr
An account token to use.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentException

Valid values were not supplied for the server or userToken parameters.

ConfigurationErrorsException

A valid configuration file could not be loaded.

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

NoteNote

The account token is usually retrieved from an instance of the WindowsIdentity class or through a call to unmanaged code, such as a call to the Win32 API LogonUser. For more information about calls to unmanaged code, see Consuming Unmanaged DLL Functions.

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

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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