SectionInformation.IsProtected Property

 

Gets a value that indicates whether the associated configuration section is protected.

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

Public ReadOnly Property IsProtected As Boolean

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean

true if this ConfigurationSection is protected; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Protected configuration sections are encrypted and read-only.

For more information about protected configuration sections, see Encrypting Configuration Information Using Protected Configuration.

The examples in this section show how to get the IsProtected property value after accessing the related section information in the configuration file.

The following example gets the SectionInformation object.

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

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

Dim sInfo As SectionInformation = _
section.SectionInformation

The following example gets the IsProtected value.

Dim protect As Boolean = _
sInfo.IsProtected
Console.WriteLine("Section protected?: {0}", _
protect.ToString())

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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