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FileManagerSettingsPermissions.AccessRules Property

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

Namespace: DevExpress.Web

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web

#Declaration

public AccessRulesCollection AccessRules { get; }

#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):

<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):

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:

@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

<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>
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