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ConfigurationElement.LockElements Property

Gets the collection of locked elements.

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

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property LockElements As ConfigurationLockCollection
'Usage
Dim instance As ConfigurationElement 
Dim value As ConfigurationLockCollection 

value = instance.LockElements

The LockElements property allows you to lock all the elements you specify.

To do that, you use the Contains method, as explained in the next example.

NoteNote:

The LockElements property allows you to prevent the child configuration elements of the element to which you apply the rule from being modified. Use LockItem if you want to put a general lock on the element itself and its child elements.

The following example shows how to use the LockElements property.

' Show how to use LockElements 
' It locks and unlocks the urls element. 
Shared Sub LockElements()

    Try 
        ' Get the current configuration file. 
        Dim config _
        As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
        ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _
        ConfigurationUserLevel.None)

        ' Get the MyUrls section. 
        Dim myUrlsSection As UrlsSection = _
        config.GetSection("MyUrls")

        If myUrlsSection Is Nothing Then
            Console.WriteLine("Failed to load UrlsSection.")
        Else 
            ' Get MyUrls section LockElements collection. 
            Dim lockElements _
            As ConfigurationLockCollection = _
            myUrlsSection.LockElements

            ' Get MyUrls section LockElements collection  
            ' enumerator. 
            Dim lockElementEnum As IEnumerator = _
            lockElements.GetEnumerator()

            ' Position the collection index.
            lockElementEnum.MoveNext()

            If lockElements.Contains("urls") Then 
                ' Remove the lock on the urls element.
                lockElements.Remove("urls")
            Else 
                ' Add the lock on the urls element.
                lockElements.Add("urls")
            End If 
            ' Save the change.
            config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full)
        End If 

    Catch err As ConfigurationErrorsException
        Console.WriteLine("[LockElements: {0}]", _
        err.ToString())
    End Try 

End Sub 'LockElements

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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