iapphostsectiondefinition-allowdefinition-property.md

title	IAppHostSectionDefinition::AllowDefinition Property
description	Describes the IAppHostSectionDefinition::AllowDefinition property and provides its syntax, parameters, return value, requirements, and a code example.
ms.date	10/07/2016
ms.assetid	1b17e521-76e4-4b7b-c891-b771a83ccd6c

IAppHostSectionDefinition::AllowDefinition Property

Gets or sets a value that indicates valid configuration path locations for the configuration section.

Syntax

HRESULT get_AllowDefinition(  
   [out,  
   retval] BSTR* pbstrAllowDefinition  
);  
HRESULT put_AllowDefintion(  
   BSTR bstrAllowDefinition  
);  

Parameters

pbstrAllowDefinition
A pointer to a BSTR that indicates a configuration path location. Valid values are "Everywhere", "MachineToApplication", "MachineOnly", "MachineToWebRoot", and "AppHostOnly". The default is "Everywhere".

bstrAllowDefinition
A BSTR that indicates a configuration path location. Valid values are "Everywhere", "MachineToApplication", "MachineOnly", "MachineToWebRoot", and "AppHostOnly"

Return Value

An HRESULT. Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table.

Value	Description
S_OK	Indicates that the operation was successful.

Example

The following code example creates a new section group and a new section, and then sets the property values of the newly generated section.

[!code-cppIAppHostAdminLibrary#6]

Requirements

Type	Description
Client	- IIS 7.0 on [!INCLUDEwinvista] - IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 - IIS 8.0 on Windows 8 - IIS 10.0 on Windows 10
Server	- IIS 7.0 on [!INCLUDEwinsrv2008] - IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2 - IIS 8.0 on Windows Server 2012 - IIS 8.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 - IIS 10.0 on Windows Server 2016
Product	- IIS 7.0, IIS 7.5, IIS 8.0, IIS 8.5, IIS 10.0 - [!INCLUDEiisexp75], [!INCLUDEiisexp80], [!INCLUDEiisexp100]
Header	Ahadmin.h

See Also

IAppHostSectionDefinition Interface