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Storing values in the web.config - appSettings or configSection - which is more efficient?

I'm writing a page that can use a couple of different themes, and I'm going to store some information about each theme in the web.config. Is it more efficient to create a new sectionGroup and store everything together, or just put everything in appSettings? configSection solution <configSections> <sectionGroup name="SchedulerPage">...

Providing intellisense/xsd validation to configsections

Hello, in a small c# project, I'm trying to create a simple custom configsection. I followed the instructions in CodeProject: Unraveling the Mysteries of .NET 2.0 Configuration and everything work nicely... apart from the fact that I don't get xsd validation and intellisense on the config. My config is shown below. <configuration> <c...

Is it possible to define <configSections> in a dependent dll's application config

I have a custom .NET addin for an application and I am trying to create configSections for the addin's config file. The trouble is I am not able to read that section If load the configuration using the OpenMapperExeConfiguration/OpenExeConfiguration. Here is my config file(MyTest.dll.config) <configuration> <configSections> <sect...

Custom app.config Config Section Handler

What is the correct way to pick up the list of "pages" via a class that inherits from System.Configuration.Section if I used a app.config like this? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <configSections> <section name="XrbSettings" type="Xrb.UI.XrbSettings,Xrb.UI" /> </configSections> <XrbSettings> <pag...

web.config custom section inheritance

I'm trying to get a custom web.config section to get inherited by an application's web.config in a website subfolder. The custom section works fine in the main website, but it appears the custom section isn't inherited. Other elements in the web.config are getting inherited - it's just this custom section which isn't. Is this by des...

Reading from configSection attribute of type "Type"

I've a section like this <mySection type="Namespace.MyClass, AssemblyName" /> in my code I need to create an Instance of MyClass, so what I do is something like that: string type = GetMySectionType(); // "Namespace.MyClass, AssemblyName" var typeParts = type.Split(','); var className = typeParts[0].Trim(); var assemblyName = typePar...