HttpRuntimeSection.MaxRequestLength Property (System.Web.Configuration)

MaxRequestLength Property

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.NET Framework Class Library

HttpRuntimeSection.MaxRequestLength Property

Note: This property is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

Gets or sets the maximum request size.

Namespace: System.Web.Configuration
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Property MaxRequestLength As Integer

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As HttpRuntimeSection
Dim value As Integer

value = instance.MaxRequestLength

instance.MaxRequestLength = value

public int MaxRequestLength { get; set; }

C++

public:
property int MaxRequestLength {
    int get ();
    void set (int value);
}

/** @property */
public int get_MaxRequestLength ()

/** @property */
public void set_MaxRequestLength (int value)

JScript

public function get MaxRequestLength () : int

public function set MaxRequestLength (value : int)

Property Value

The maximum request size in kilobytes. The default size is 4096 KB (4 MB).

Remarks

The MaxRequestLength property can be used to prevent denial of service attacks caused by users posting large files to the server.

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How to: Upload Files with the FileUpload Web Server Control	Building ASP .NET Web Applications
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Example

The following code example shows how to use the MaxRequestLength property.

Visual Basic

' Get the MaxRequestLength property value.
Response.Write("MaxRequestLength: " & _
  configSection.MaxRequestLength & "<br>")

' Set the MaxRequestLength property value to 2048 kilobytes.
configSection.MaxRequestLength = 2048

// Get the MaxRequestLength property value.
Response.Write("MaxRequestLength: " +
  configSection.MaxRequestLength + "<br>");

// Set the MaxRequestLength property value to 2048 kilobytes.
configSection.MaxRequestLength = 2048;

Platforms

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

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