AuthorizationStoreRoleProvider::CreateRole Method (String^)
Adds a new role to the role authorization-manager policy store.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Parameters
- roleName
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Type:
System::String^
The name of the role to create.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | roleName is null. |
| ArgumentException | roleName is an empty string. -or- roleName contains a comma. |
| ProviderException | The configured applicationName was not found. -or- The configured scopeName was not found. -or- The authorization-manager runtime is not installed on the server. |
| FileNotFoundException | The connectionStringName attribute references a connection string to a file that does not exist. |
| HttpException | The AuthorizationStoreRoleProvider instance is configured with a file-based policy store, and read access to the file is not allowed at the current trust level. |
The CreateRole method is called by the Roles class to create a role in the authorization-manager data store specified in the ASP.NET application's configuration file (Web.config).
Role names are not case sensitive.
The following code example creates a new role in the authorization-manager policy store. For an example of a Web.config file that enables role management, see AuthorizationStoreRoleProvider.
Available since 2.0