ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection not refreshing as expected

Question

I have implemented a custom section in my app.config file and am accessing it using ConfigurationSection and ConfigurationElement. When the application starts all data is retrieved correctly. If I manually change the values in the app.config file then my application later calls ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection I still receive the original values not the updated ones.

Am I misunderstanding how RefreshSection functions?

<configSections>
    <section name="OrderProcessorSettings" type="OrderProcessor.Configuration.OrderProcessor.OrderProcessorConfigHandler, RDC.BL.OrderProcessor" />
</configSections>

<OrderProcessorSettings>
    <OrderBlock OrderCheckInterval = "1000" />
</OrderProcessorSettings>



System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection("OrderProcessorSettings");
            OrderProcessorConfigHandler config = (OrderProcessorConfigHandler)System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection("OrderProcessorSettings");

this.OrderCheckInterval = config.OrderBlock.OrderCheckInterval;

Answer 1

Having the same problem. However, after some testing, I've noticed that during that Request's lifecycle, the config isn't re-read, but on the next request, the config is re-read and I get the updated values.

Anyone have ANY idea on how to get the config to be re-read during the same request lifecycle?

By the way, I'm using this for a web application, but the principal is the same.

Answer 2

Same problem here, ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection() works for non-web applications. But does not work for web config files. WebConfigurationManager does not have a RefreshSection method.