ConfigurationManager::OpenMachineConfiguration Method ()

.NET Framework (current version)

Opens the machine configuration file on the current computer as a Configuration object.

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

Syntax

public:
static Configuration^ OpenMachineConfiguration()

Return Value

Type: System.Configuration::Configuration^

A Configuration object.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ConfigurationErrorsException	A configuration file could not be loaded.

Machine configuration settings apply to the whole computer and all applications that reside on it, unless overridden for the local application. Machine configuration settings are read from the Machine.config file of the currently running version of the .NET Framework. The Machine.config file is located in the following subdirectory:

%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\version\config

Note
To obtain the Configuration object for a resource, your code must have read permissions on all the configuration files from which it inherits settings. To update a configuration file, your code must additionally have write permissions for both the configuration file and the directory in which it exists. It is not possible to access the Machine.config file for other versions of the .NET Framework that might be installed on the computer.

Note

To obtain the Configuration object for a resource, your code must have read permissions on all the configuration files from which it inherits settings. To update a configuration file, your code must additionally have write permissions for both the configuration file and the directory in which it exists. It is not possible to access the Machine.config file for other versions of the .NET Framework that might be installed on the computer.

Examples

The following code example shows how to use the OpenMachineConfiguration method to obtain all sections that are contained in the configuration file.

C++

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

Version Information

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0