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

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)

public:
static Configuration^ OpenMachineConfiguration(
	String^ locationSubPath, 
	String^ server, 
	String^ userName, 
	String^ password
)

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.
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.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentException

The server or userName and password parameters were invalid.

ConfigurationErrorsException

A valid configuration file could not be loaded.

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

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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