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HostingEnvironmentSection::IdleTimeout Property

Gets or sets the amount of time, in minutes, before unloading an inactive application.

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

[TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(TimeSpanMinutesOrInfiniteConverter))]
[ConfigurationPropertyAttribute(L"idleTimeout", DefaultValue = L"10675199.02:48:05.4775807")]
[TimeSpanValidatorAttribute(MinValueString = L"00:00:00", MaxValueString = L"10675199.02:48:05.4775807")]
public:
property TimeSpan IdleTimeout {
	TimeSpan get ();
	void set (TimeSpan value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::TimeSpan
A TimeSpan that is the specified number of minutes before unloading an inactive application. The default is 20 minutes.

The default value for the IdleTimeout property is 20 minutes, which is the same default as the Timeout property. This setting can be set at the machine or application level. If this setting is defined at any other level, it is ignored.

The following code example shows how to use the IdleTimeout property. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the HostingEnvironmentSection class.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

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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