Microsoft IIS Metabase Objects

The Microsoft IIS Metabase is a repository for most IIS configuration values. The following inspectors retrieve information about the Microsoft IIS Metabase.

metabase

The IIS metabase is similar in structure to the Windows Registry, providing hierarchal storage of IIS configuration properties for Web sites, virtual directories, FTP, and more.

Creation Methods

Declaration	Description	Platforms (?)
metabase	Returns the IIS metabase object.	Win

Properties

Declaration	Return type	Description	Platforms (?)
key <string> of <metabase>	<metabase key> Plural: keys	Returns the named key of the metabase.	Win
key of <metabase>	<metabase key> Plural: keys	Returns the root key of the IIS metabase.	Win

metabase identifier

The <metabase identifier> objects are unique numerical identifiers which IIS recognizes internally.

Creation Methods

Declaration	Description	Platforms (?)
identifier of <metabase value>	Returns the metabase identifier of the specified value.	Win

Operators

Declaration	Return Type	Description	Platforms (?)
<metabase identifier> = <metabase identifier>	<boolean>	Compares two metabase identifiers for equality.	Win

Properties

Declaration	Return type	Description	Platforms (?)
<metabase identifier> as string	<string>	This is a Casting Operator that takes a <metabase identifier> type and returns a <string> type	Win
<metabase identifier> as integer	<integer>	The integer value of the specified identifier. Use the Microsoft MetaEdit utility to find the integer value of an identifier.	Win

metabase key

Like a registry key, a metabase key contains named properties about the IIS metabase.

Creation Methods

Declaration	Description	Platforms (?)
key <string> of <metabase>	Returns the named key of the metabase.	Win
key of <metabase>	Returns the root key of the IIS metabase. Example: names of keys of metabase - Depending on the metabase configuration, returns the names of the metabase keys, such as:LMSchema.	Win
key <string> of <metabase key>	Returns the named subkey of the specified metabase key.	Win
key of <metabase key>	Iterates the subkeys of the specified metabase key. Example: names of keys of key "/LM" of metabase - Depending on the metabase configuration, returns the key names in the metabase "/LM" key, such as IISADMIN, W3SVC or MimeMap.	Win

Properties

Declaration	Return type	Description	Platforms (?)
key <string> of <metabase key>	<metabase key> Plural: keys	Returns the named subkey of the specified metabase key.	Win
key of <metabase key>	<metabase key> Plural: keys	Iterates the subkeys of the specified metabase key.	Win
name of <metabase key>	<string> Plural: names	Returns the name of the specified metabase key.	Win
value of <metabase key>	<metabase value> Plural: values	Returns the value of the specified metabase key.	Win

metabase type

The type identifier of the data associated with a metabase key value.

Creation Methods

Declaration	Description	Platforms (?)
type of <metabase value>	Returns the type of the specified metabase value.	Win

Operators

Declaration	Return Type	Description	Platforms (?)
<metabase type> = <metabase type>	<boolean>	Compares two metabase types for equality.	Win

Properties

Declaration	Return type	Description	Platforms (?)
<metabase type> as integer	<integer>	Meanings same as registry types:1 = DWORD2 = STRING3 = BINARY4 = EXPANDSZ5 = MULTISZ.	Win
<metabase type> as string	<string>	Returns metabase types as strings:"DWord""String""Binary""ExpandSz""MultiSz".	Win

metabase user type

The user type is a DWORD that specifies how the property value is used. User types enable IIS to classify properties by application.

Creation Methods

Declaration	Description	Platforms (?)
user type of <metabase value>	Returns the user type of the specified metabase value.	Win

Operators

Declaration	Return Type	Description	Platforms (?)
<metabase user type> = <metabase user type>	<boolean>	Compares two metabase user types for equality.	Win

Properties

Declaration	Return type	Description	Platforms (?)
<metabase user type> as integer	<integer>	Returns the metabase user type as an integer:2 = Server2 = File100 = WAM200 = ASP App.	Win
<metabase user type> as string	<string>	Returns the metabase user type as a string:"Server""File""WAM""ASP App""(Other)".	Win

metabase value

This Inspector is used to access values stored in an IIS metabase key. The type of the data stored in the value determines what casting operations are allowed. There are several casting Inspectors that you can use to extract values from the registry.

Creation Methods

Declaration	Description	Platforms (?)
value of <metabase key>	Returns the value of the specified metabase key.	Win

Properties

Declaration	Return type	Description	Platforms (?)
<metabase value> as integer	<integer>	Returns the integer value of the metabase value.	Win
<metabase value> as string	<string>	Returns the string value of the metabase value.	Win
identifier of <metabase value>	<metabase identifier> Plural: identifiers	Returns the metabase identifier of the specified value.	Win
inherit attribute of <metabase value>	<boolean> Plural: inherit attributes	Returns TRUE if the specified metabase value has the inherit attribute set.	Win
insert path attribute of <metabase value>	<boolean> Plural: insert path attributes	Returns TRUE if the specified metabase value has the insert path attribute set.	Win
reference attribute of <metabase value>	<boolean> Plural: reference attributes	Returns TRUE if the specified metabase value has the reference attribute set.	Win
secure attribute of <metabase value>	<boolean> Plural: secure attributes	Returns TRUE if the specified metabase value has the secure attribute set.	Win
type of <metabase value>	<metabase type> Plural: types	Returns the type of the specified metabase value.	Win
user type of <metabase value>	<metabase user type> Plural: user types	Returns the user type of the specified metabase value.	Win
volatile attribute of <metabase value>	<boolean> Plural: volatile attributes	Returns TRUE if the specified metabase value has the volatile attribute set.	Win

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