FileManagerSettingsPermissions.AccessRules Property

Gets the collection of access rules specified for the current ASPxFileManager object.

Assembly : DevExpress.Web.v25.2.dll

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

public AccessRulesCollection AccessRules { get; }

Public ReadOnly Property AccessRules As AccessRulesCollection

Property Value

Type	Description
AccessRulesCollection

An AccessRulesCollection that contains the collection of access rules.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Library	Object Type	Path to AccessRules
ASP.NET MVC Extensions	FileManagerSettings

.SettingsPermissions .AccessRules

| | ASP.NET Web Forms Controls | ASPxFileManager |

.SettingsPermissions .AccessRules

| | RichEditDocumentSelectorSettings |

.PermissionSettings .AccessRules

| | SpreadsheetDocumentSelectorSettings |

.PermissionSettings .AccessRules

Remarks

The file manager allows you to define access permissions for folders and files using a set of folder/file access rules. The AccessRules collection contains the specified rules.

Concept

Example

Web Forms (in markup):

ASPX

aspx

<dx:ASPxFileManager ID="ASPxFileManager1" runat="server">    
    <SettingsPermissions>
        <AccessRules>
            <dx:FileManagerFileAccessRule Edit="Deny" Browse="Allow" Path="*.docx" />
            <dx:FileManagerFolderAccessRule Role="Administrator" EditContents="Allow" Browse="Allow" Path="Documents" />
        </AccessRules>
    </SettingsPermissions>
</dx:ASPxFileManager>

Web Forms (in code):

csharp

ASPxFileManager fm = new ASPxFileManager();
...
FileManagerFileAccessRule fileRule = new FileManagerFileAccessRule();
fileRule.Path = "*.docx";
fileRule.Edit = Rights.Allow;
fileRule.Download = Rights.Allow;

FileManagerFolderAccessRule folderRule= new FileManagerFolderAccessRule();
folderRule.Role = "Administrator";
folderRule.EditContents = Rights.Allow;
folderRule.Browse = Rights.Allow;

FileManager.SettingsPermissions.AccessRules.Add(fileRule);
FileManager.SettingsPermissions.AccessRules.Add(folderRule);
...

MVC:

csharp

@Html.DevExpress().FileManager( settings => {
    settings.Name = "fileManager";

    FileManagerFileAccessRule fileRule = new FileManagerFileAccessRule();
    fileRule.Path = "*.docx";
    fileRule.Edit = Rights.Allow;
    fileRule.Download = Rights.Allow;

    FileManagerFolderAccessRule folderRule= new FileManagerFolderAccessRule();
    folderRule.Role = "Administrator";
    folderRule.EditContents = Rights.Allow;
    folderRule.Browse = Rights.Allow;

    FileManager.SettingsPermissions.AccessRules.Add(fileRule);
    FileManager.SettingsPermissions.AccessRules.Add(folderRule);
    ...
}).BindToFolder(Model).GetHtml()

Online Demo

Example

ASPX

aspx

<dx:ASPxFileManager ID="FileManager" runat="server" ...>

...

     <SettingsPermissions>
          <AccessRules>
               <dx:FileManagerFolderAccessRule Path="" Edit="Deny" />
               <dx:FileManagerFileAccessRule PathPattern="*.xml" Edit="Deny" />
               <dx:FileManagerFolderAccessRule Path="System" Browse="Deny" />

               <dx:FileManagerFolderAccessRule Path="Documents" Role="DocumentManager" EditContents="Allow" />

               <dx:FileManagerFolderAccessRule Path="Music" Role="MediaModerator" EditContents="Allow" />
               <dx:FileManagerFolderAccessRule Path="Video" Role="MediaModerator" EditContents="Allow" />
               <dx:FileManagerFolderAccessRule Path="" Role="MediaModerator" Upload="Deny" />

               <dx:FileManagerFolderAccessRule Role="Administrator" Browse="Allow" />
               <dx:FileManagerFolderAccessRule Role="Administrator" Edit="Allow" />
          </AccessRules>
     </SettingsPermissions>
</dx:ASPxFileManager>