SystemWebSectionGroup.MachineKey Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Web.dll

Gets the machineKey section.

public:
 property System::Web::Configuration::MachineKeySection ^ MachineKey { System::Web::Configuration::MachineKeySection ^ get(); };

[System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("machineKey")]
public System.Web.Configuration.MachineKeySection MachineKey { get; }

[<System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("machineKey")>]
member this.MachineKey : System.Web.Configuration.MachineKeySection

Public ReadOnly Property MachineKey As MachineKeySection

Property Value

MachineKeySection

The MachineKeySection object.

Attributes

ConfigurationPropertyAttribute

Examples

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

// Get the machineKey section.
MachineKeySection machineKey =
    systemWeb.MachineKey;
// Read section information.
info =
    machineKey.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 machineKey section.
Dim machineKey As MachineKeySection = _
systemWeb.MachineKey
' Read section information.
info = machineKey.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 MachineKeySection object refers to the machineKey section of the configuration file.

See also

• MachineKeySection