ConfigurationUserLevel Enumeration

Used to specify which configuration file is to be represented by the Configuration object.

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

'Declaration
Public Enumeration ConfigurationUserLevel
'Usage
Dim instance As ConfigurationUserLevel

public enum ConfigurationUserLevel
public enum ConfigurationUserLevel

 Member nameDescription
NoneGet the Configuration that applies to all users. 
PerUserRoamingGet the roaming Configuration that applies to the current user. 
PerUserRoamingAndLocalGet the local Configuration that applies to the current user. 

Use ConfigurationUserLevel to specify which configuration file is to be represented by the Configuration object returned by ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration and ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration.

Application configuration files are in the same directory as the application and have the same name, but with a .config extension. For example, the configuration file for C:\System\Public.exe is C:\System\Public.exe.config.

Applications use a global configuration that applies to all users, separate configurations that apply to individual users, and configurations that apply to roaming users.

The following example shows how to use the ConfigurationUserLevel enumeration. This example is part of a larger example to be found at ConfigurationManager.

' Show how to use ConnectionStrings.
Shared Sub DisplayConnectionStrings() 
    
    ' Get the ConnectionStrings collection.
    Dim connections As ConnectionStringSettingsCollection = _
    ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings
    
    Console.WriteLine()
    Console.WriteLine("Connection strings:")
    
    
    ' Loop to get the collection elements.
    Dim conEnum As IEnumerator = connections.GetEnumerator()
    
    Dim i As Integer = 0
    While conEnum.MoveNext()
        Dim name As String = connections(i).Name
        Dim connectionString As String = _
        connections(name).ConnectionString
        Dim provider As String = _
        connections(name).ProviderName
        
        Console.WriteLine("Name:               {0}", name)
        Console.WriteLine("Connection string:  {0}", connectionString)
        Console.WriteLine("Provider:           {0}", provider)
    End While

End Sub 'DisplayConnectionStrings
 

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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