SectionInformation.IsProtected Property (System.Configuration)

IsProtected Property

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SectionInformation..::.IsProtected Property

Updated: November 2007

Gets a value that indicates whether the associated configuration section is protected.

Namespace: System.Configuration
Assembly: System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public ReadOnly Property IsProtected As Boolean

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As SectionInformation
Dim value As Boolean

value = instance.IsProtected

public bool IsProtected { get; }

Visual C++

public:
property bool IsProtected {
    bool get ();
}

/** @property */
public boolean get_IsProtected()

JScript

public function get IsProtected () : boolean

Property Value

Type: System..::.Boolean

true if this ConfigurationSection is protected; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Remarks

Protected configuration sections are encrypted and read-only.

For more information about protected configuration sections, see Encrypting Configuration Information Using Protected Configuration.

Examples

The examples in this section show how to get the IsProtected property value after accessing the related section information in the configuration file.

The following example gets the SectionInformation object.

Visual Basic

' Get the current configuration file.
Dim config _
As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _
ConfigurationUserLevel.None)

' Get the section.
Dim section As UrlsSection = _
CType(config.GetSection("MyUrls"), UrlsSection)

Dim sInfo As SectionInformation = _
section.SectionInformation

// Get the current configuration file.
System.Configuration.Configuration config =
        ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
        ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

// Get the section.
UrlsSection section =
    (UrlsSection)config.GetSection("MyUrls");


SectionInformation sInfo =
    section.SectionInformation;

The following example gets the IsProtected value.

Visual Basic

Dim protect As Boolean = _
sInfo.IsProtected
Console.WriteLine("Section protected?: {0}", _
protect.ToString())

bool protect =
    sInfo.IsProtected;
Console.WriteLine("Section protected?: {0}",
    protect.ToString());

Platforms

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

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

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