SPWeb.BreakRoleInheritance Method

Breaks inheritance of role assignments from the parent Web site.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

Syntax

Public Sub BreakRoleInheritance ( _
    CopyRoleAssignments As Boolean _
)

Dim instance As SPWeb
Dim CopyRoleAssignments As Boolean

instance.BreakRoleInheritance(CopyRoleAssignments)
public void BreakRoleInheritance(
    bool CopyRoleAssignments
)

Parameters

  • CopyRoleAssignments
    Type: System.Boolean
    true to break role inheritance but to copy the role assignments; otherwise, false to make the current user a Web site administrator.

Implements

ISecurableObject.BreakRoleInheritance(Boolean)

Remarks

If the current Web site is the root Web site in the site collection, the BreakRoleInheritance method throws an exception.

See Also

Reference

SPWeb Class

SPWeb Members

Microsoft.SharePoint Namespace