ConfigurationSectionGroup.IsDeclared Property

Definition

Gets a value that indicates whether this ConfigurationSectionGroup object is declared.

public:
 property bool IsDeclared { bool get(); };
public bool IsDeclared { get; }
member this.IsDeclared : bool
Public ReadOnly Property IsDeclared As Boolean

Property Value

true if this ConfigurationSectionGroup is declared; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Examples

The following code example determines whether this instance of ConfigurationSectionGroup is declared. This is part of a larger example provided in the overview for the ConfigurationSectionGroup class.

indent("Is Group Declared?: " + sectionGroup.IsDeclared);
indent("Is Group Declared?: " + _
    sectionGroup.IsDeclared.ToString())

Remarks

If the section group is declared in the configuration file, the IsDeclared property returns true.

The IsDeclared property returns false if this section is inherited from Machine.config or a parent configuration file.

Applies to

See also