SPRole.PermissionMask property
NOTE: This API is now obsolete.
Use the new SPRoleDefinition and SPRoleAssignment classes instead, to define roles and to assign users to them. For more information, see Authorization object model. (In Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, the PermissionMask property returned or set the permission mask for the role is maintained for backward compatibility.)
Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<ObsoleteAttribute("Use the SPRoleDefinition class instead")> _
Public Property PermissionMask As SPRights
Get
Set
'Usage
Dim instance As SPRole
Dim value As SPRights
value = instance.PermissionMask
instance.PermissionMask = value
[ObsoleteAttribute("Use the SPRoleDefinition class instead")]
public SPRights PermissionMask { get; set; }
Property value
Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPRights
An SPRights value that specifies rights for the permission mask.
Remarks
To define a permission mask for a role that consists of multiple rights, use the pipe symbol ("|") in Microsoft Visual C# or Or in Microsoft Visual Basic to delimit the rights.
Examples
The following code example modifies the permission mask for a specified role.
Dim site As SPWeb = SPContext.Current.Web
Dim role As SPRole = site.Roles("Role_Name")
role.PermissionMask = SPRights.ManageLists Or
SPRights.ManageListPermissions
SPWeb oWebsite = SPContext.Current.Web;
SPRole oRole = oWebsite.Roles["Role_Name"];
oRole.PermissionMask = SPRights.ManageLists |
SPRights.ManageListPermissions;