SectionInformation.IsProtected Property
.NET Framework (current version)
Gets a value that indicates whether the associated configuration section is protected.
Assembly: System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Booleantrue 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.
.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
Available since 2.0
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