Configuration Path Search Result Sections <section>

Overview

The <section> element of the <searchResult> element contains a collection of section names returned by the configuration search. For example, "system.webServer/security/authentication/windowsAuthentication."

Compatibility

Version Notes
IIS 10.0 The <section> element was not modified in IIS 10.0.
IIS 8.5 The <section> element was not modified in IIS 8.5.
IIS 8.0 The <section> element was not modified in IIS 8.0.
IIS 7.5 The <section> element was not modified in IIS 7.5.
IIS 7.0 The <section> element of the <searchResult> element was introduced in IIS 7.0.
IIS 6.0 N/A

Setup

The <section> element of the <searchResult> element is included in the default installation of IIS 7.

How To

There is no user interface for the <CONFIGPATHS> element for IIS 7. For examples of how to access the <CONFIGPATHS> element programmatically, see the Code Samples section of this document.

Configuration

Attributes

Attribute Description
name Required string attribute.

Specifies the name of the section returned by the configuration search.

Child Elements

None.

Configuration Sample

Note

The <configPaths> element is generated dynamically. Because of this, you cannot add a <configPaths> element to your configuration files. For examples of how to access the <configPaths> element programmatically, see the Code Samples section of this document.

Sample Code

The following code examples use the <configPaths> element to search the Default Web Site configuration namespace for every <system.webServer/defaultDocument> element, and then output the path and location for each element to the console.

AppCmd.exe

Note

You cannot query <configPaths> settings using AppCmd.exe.

C#

using System;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Web.Administration;

internal static class Sample
{
   private static void Main()
   {
      using (ServerManager serverManager = new ServerManager())
      {
         Configuration config = serverManager.GetWebConfiguration("Default Web Site");
         ConfigurationSection configPathsSection = config.GetSection("configPaths");
         ConfigurationElementCollection searchResultCollection = configPathsSection.GetCollection();

         foreach (ConfigurationElement searchResultElement in searchResultCollection)
         {
            string path = (string)searchResultElement["path"];
            string locationPath = (string)searchResultElement["locationPath"];

            foreach (ConfigurationElement sectionElement in searchResultElement.GetCollection())
            {
               if (string.Compare("system.webServer/defaultDocument",
                  (string)sectionElement["name"], false) == 0)
               {
                  Console.WriteLine("Path: " + path);
                  if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(locationPath))
                  {
                     Console.WriteLine("\tLocation: " + locationPath);
                     Console.WriteLine("\t\tName: " + sectionElement["name"]);
                  }
                  else Console.WriteLine("\tName: " + sectionElement["name"]);
               }
            }
         } 
      }
   }
}

VB.NET

Imports System
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.Web.Administration

Module Sample

   Sub Main()
      Dim serverManager As ServerManager = New ServerManager
      Dim config As Configuration = serverManager.GetWebConfiguration("Default Web Site")
      Dim configPathsSection As ConfigurationSection = config.GetSection("configPaths")
      Dim searchResultCollection As ConfigurationElementCollection = configPathsSection.GetCollection
      For Each searchResultElement As ConfigurationElement In searchResultCollection
         Dim path As String = CType(searchResultElement("path"), String)
         Dim locationPath As String = CType(searchResultElement("locationPath"), String)
         For Each sectionElement As ConfigurationElement In searchResultElement.GetCollection
            If (String.Compare("system.webServer/defaultDocument", _
                  CType(sectionElement("name"), String), False) = 0) Then
               Console.WriteLine(("Path: " + path))
               If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(locationPath) Then
                  Console.WriteLine((vbTab & "Location: " + locationPath))
                  Console.WriteLine((vbTab & vbTab & "Name: " + sectionElement("name")))
               Else
                  Console.WriteLine((vbTab & "Name: " + sectionElement("name")))
               End If
            End If
         Next
      Next
   End Sub

End Module

JavaScript

var adminManager = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.ApplicationHost.WritableAdminManager");
var configPathsSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("configPaths", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Default Web Site");
var searchResultCollection = configPathsSection.Collection;

for (var i = 0; i < searchResultCollection.Count; i++)
{
   var searchResultElement = searchResultCollection.Item(i);
   var path = searchResultElement.GetPropertyByName("path").Value;
   var locationPath = searchResultElement.GetPropertyByName("locationPath").Value;

   sectionElementCollection = searchResultElement.Collection;
   for (var j = 0; j < sectionElementCollection.Count; j++)
   {
      var sectionElement = sectionElementCollection.Item(j);
      var name = sectionElement.GetPropertyByName("name").Value;
      if (name == "system.webServer/defaultDocument")
      {
         WScript.Echo("Path: " + path);
         if (locationPath!="")
         {
            WScript.Echo("\tLocation: " + locationPath);
            WScript.Echo("\t\tName: " + name);
         }
         else WScript.Echo("\tName: " + name);
      }
   }
}

VBScript

Set adminManager = WScript.CreateObject("Microsoft.ApplicationHost.WritableAdminManager")
Set configPathsSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("configPaths", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Default Web Site")
Set searchResultCollection = configPathsSection.Collection

For i = 0 To CInt(searchResultCollection.Count) - 1
   Set searchResultElement = searchResultCollection.Item(i)
   path = searchResultElement.GetPropertyByName("path").Value
   locationPath = searchResultElement.GetPropertyByName("locationPath").Value
   Set sectionElementCollection = searchResultElement.Collection
   For j = 0 To CInt(sectionElementCollection.Count) - 1
      Set sectionElement = sectionElementCollection.Item(j)
      name = sectionElement.GetPropertyByName("name").Value
      If name = "system.webServer/defaultDocument" Then
         WScript.Echo "Path: " + path
         If locationPath<>"" Then
            WScript.Echo(vbTab & "Location: " + locationPath)
            WScript.Echo(vbTab & vbTab & "Name: " + name)
         Else
            WScript.Echo(vbTab & "Name: " + name)
         End if
      End If
   Next
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