ConfigurationLocationCollection Class

Contains a collection of ConfigurationLocationCollection objects.

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

'Declaration
Public Class ConfigurationLocationCollection
	Inherits ReadOnlyCollectionBase
'Usage
Dim instance As ConfigurationLocationCollection

public class ConfigurationLocationCollection extends ReadOnlyCollectionBase
public class ConfigurationLocationCollection extends ReadOnlyCollectionBase
Not applicable.

Use the ConfigurationLocationCollection class to iterate through a collection of ConfigurationLocation objects, which represent the resources for which location-specific configuration settings are defined. ConfigurationLocationCollection is the type returned by the Locations property.

NoteNote:

The ConfigurationLocationCollection class might not reference the collection of ConfigurationLocation objects in the order that they are specified in the configuration file.

In the following code example, the Web configuration for the application MySampleApp is loaded, and the locations defined in this configuration are displayed by iterating through the ConfigurationLocationCollection object returned by the Locations property.

Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Configuration

Class DisplayLocationInfo
    Public Overloads Shared Sub Main()
        Dim config As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
            ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None)
        Dim myLocationCollection As _
            System.Configuration.ConfigurationLocationCollection = config.Locations
        Dim myLocation As ConfigurationLocation
        For Each myLocation In  myLocationCollection
            Console.WriteLine("Location Path: {0}", myLocation.Path)
            Dim myLocationConfiguration As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
                myLocation.OpenConfiguration()
            Console.WriteLine("Location Configuration Path: {0}", _
                myLocationConfiguration.FilePath)
        Next myLocation
        Console.WriteLine("Done...")
        Console.ReadLine()
    End Sub
End Class 'DisplayLocationInfo

System.Object
   System.Collections.ReadOnlyCollectionBase
    System.Configuration.ConfigurationLocationCollection

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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