How do you use the COnfigurationManager class to read and write to the settings file?
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check the following
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.configuration.configurationmanager.aspx
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/SystemConfiguration.aspx
Space Cracker
2010-07-17 15:21:43
One thing I have been experiencing is that a rogue string comes up when I do a loop through the connectionstrings section I have no idea, how this rogue string is being populated. For example, my connectionStrings section has gota> prodb> devc> uatstrings in it.When I loop through connectionStrings section, using this code. foreach (ConnectionStringSettings key in ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings) { Console.WriteLine("ConKey: {0}, Value:{1}", key.Name, key.ConnectionString.ToString()); } I get 4 strings.
abhi
2010-07-17 20:54:28
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One thing that might catch you out is that to access the ConfigurationManager class you have to manually add a reference to System.Configuration. The System.Configuration namespace is split across multiple assemblies - you only get part of it by default.
Space Cracker posted some good links, but there is also a way to write strongly typed configuration sections, which I blogged about a few years ago - Configuring a .NET 2.0 Application Using the ConfigurationSection class. I've literally never seen anyone else use strongly typed ConfigurationSections, but once you get used to them they're quite useful.
Alex Humphrey
2010-07-17 17:50:40
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I could try and give you the breakdown here but really the following links, all written by Jon Rista, are the best resources I have found regarding the System.Configuration namespace.
Unravelling the Mysteries of .NET 2.0 Configuration
Bronumski
2010-07-17 18:14:53
Thanks for the links. The final link contained a reference to the machine.config file. This file contains my "rogue" string mentioned in my comment to SpaceCracker below. I believe I have figured out the configuration management system for .NEt executables.
abhi
2010-07-18 13:33:31