Configuration.SectionGroups Property

 

Gets a collection of the section groups defined by this configuration.

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

Public ReadOnly Property SectionGroups As ConfigurationSectionGroupCollection

Property Value

Type: System.Configuration.ConfigurationSectionGroupCollection

A ConfigurationSectionGroupCollection collection representing the collection of section groups for this Configuration object.

Configuration sections can be combined into groups for convenience and added functionality. Access the SectionGroups property to retrieve the ConfigurationSectionGroupCollection object representing the collection of section groups for this Configuration object. If this Configuration object represents an inherited view, the merged list of section groups will be returned.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the SectionGroups property.

Dim groups As ConfigurationSectionGroupCollection = config.SectionGroups
Console.WriteLine("Groups: {0}", groups.Count.ToString())
For Each group As ConfigurationSectionGroup In groups
    Console.WriteLine("Group Name: {0}", group.Name)
    ' Console.WriteLine("Group Type: {0}", group.Type);
Next group

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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