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ConfigurationElement.Unmerge Method

Modifies the ConfigurationElement object to remove all values that should not be saved.

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

'Declaration
Protected Friend Overridable Sub Unmerge ( _
	sourceElement As ConfigurationElement, _
	parentElement As ConfigurationElement, _
	saveMode As ConfigurationSaveMode _
)
'Usage
Dim sourceElement As ConfigurationElement 
Dim parentElement As ConfigurationElement 
Dim saveMode As ConfigurationSaveMode 

Me.Unmerge(sourceElement, parentElement, _
	saveMode)

Parameters

sourceElement
Type: System.Configuration.ConfigurationElement

A ConfigurationElement at the current level containing a merged view of the properties.

parentElement
Type: System.Configuration.ConfigurationElement

The parent ConfigurationElement, or Nothing if this is the top level.

saveMode
Type: System.Configuration.ConfigurationSaveMode

A ConfigurationSaveMode that determines which property values to include.

This method is called before the ConfigurationElement object is saved by the Configuration object in order to remove all unneeded properties.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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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