SPWeb.BreakRoleInheritance Method (Microsoft.SharePoint)

BreakRoleInheritance Method

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Breaks inheritance of role assignments from the parent Web site.

Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint (in microsoft.sharepoint.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Sub BreakRoleInheritance ( _
    CopyRoleAssignments As Boolean _
)

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As SPWeb
Dim CopyRoleAssignments As Boolean

instance.BreakRoleInheritance(CopyRoleAssignments)

public void BreakRoleInheritance (
    bool CopyRoleAssignments
)

CopyRoleAssignments: true to break role inheritance but to copy the role assignments; otherwise, false to make the current user a Web site administrator.

Remarks

If the current Web site is the root Web site in the site collection, the BreakRoleInheritance method throws an exception.