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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.

ExceptionCondition
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

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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