ElementInformation.Properties Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Source:

ElementInformation.cs

Gets a PropertyInformationCollection collection of the properties in the associated ConfigurationElement object.

public:
 property System::Configuration::PropertyInformationCollection ^ Properties { System::Configuration::PropertyInformationCollection ^ get(); };

public System.Configuration.PropertyInformationCollection Properties { get; }

member this.Properties : System.Configuration.PropertyInformationCollection

Public ReadOnly Property Properties As PropertyInformationCollection

Property Value

PropertyInformationCollection

A PropertyInformationCollection collection of the properties in the associated ConfigurationElement object.

Examples

The following example shows how to get the Properties collection.

       static public void GetElementProperties()
       {

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

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

           // Get the element.
           UrlConfigElement url = section.Simple;

           // Get the element properties.
           PropertyInformationCollection properties =
               url.ElementInformation.Properties;

           foreach (PropertyInformation prop in properties)
           {
               Console.WriteLine(
                   "Name: {0} Type: {1}", prop.Name,
                   prop.Type.ToString());
           }
       }

Public Shared Sub GetElementProperties() 
    
    ' 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)
    
    ' Get the element.
    Dim url As UrlConfigElement = _
    section.Simple
    
    ' Get the element properties.
    Dim properties _
    As PropertyInformationCollection = _
    url.ElementInformation.Properties
    
    Dim prop As PropertyInformation
    For Each prop In  properties
        Console.WriteLine("Name: {0} Type: {1}", _
        prop.Name, prop.Type.ToString())
    Next prop

End Sub

Remarks

The properties of a ConfigurationElement object are the attributes and subelements associated with that configuration element in the configuration file.