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SystemWebSectionGroup.Authentication Property

Definition

Gets the authentication section.

public:
 property System::Web::Configuration::AuthenticationSection ^ Authentication { System::Web::Configuration::AuthenticationSection ^ get(); };
[System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("authentication")]
public System.Web.Configuration.AuthenticationSection Authentication { get; }
[<System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("authentication")>]
member this.Authentication : System.Web.Configuration.AuthenticationSection
Public ReadOnly Property Authentication As AuthenticationSection

Property Value

The AuthenticationSection object.

Attributes

Examples

The following code example shows how to obtain the AuthenticationSection object from the configuration file of an existing Web application.

// Get the authentication section.
AuthenticationSection authentication =
    systemWeb.Authentication;
// Read section information.
info =
    authentication.SectionInformation;
name = info.SectionName;
type = info.Type;
declared = info.IsDeclared.ToString();
msg = String.Format(
  "Name:     {0}\nDeclared: {1}\nType:     {2}\n",
  name, declared, type);
' Get the authentication section.
Dim authentication _
As AuthenticationSection = _
systemWeb.Authentication
' Read section information.
info = authentication.SectionInformation
name = info.SectionName
type = info.Type
declared = info.IsDeclared.ToString()
msg = String.Format("Name:     {0}" + _
ControlChars.Lf + "Declared: {1}" + _
ControlChars.Lf + "Type:     {2}" + _
ControlChars.Lf, name, declared, type)

Remarks

The AuthenticationSection object refers to the authentication section of the configuration file.

Applies to

See also