ConfigurationSection::SerializeSection Method (ConfigurationElement^, String^, ConfigurationSaveMode)
This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
Creates an XML string containing an unmerged view of the ConfigurationSection object as a single section to write to a file.
Assembly: System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)
public protected: virtual String^ SerializeSection( ConfigurationElement^ parentElement, String^ name, ConfigurationSaveMode saveMode )
Parameters
- parentElement
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Type:
System.Configuration::ConfigurationElement^
The ConfigurationElement instance to use as the parent when performing the un-merge.
- name
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Type:
System::String^
The name of the section to create.
- saveMode
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Type:
System.Configuration::ConfigurationSaveMode
The ConfigurationSaveMode instance to use when writing to a string.
Return Value
Type: System::String^An XML string containing an unmerged view of the ConfigurationSection object.
Serialization refers to the transformation of real-time data, contained in an object, to XML format and its storage to a configuration file.
Available since 2.0