custom-sections

How do I get intellisense in app.config for a custom section?

We have a custom section in my app.config file related to our IoC container class. How can I get intellisense when editing the config file for this section, as well as getting rid of the compiler messages informing me of the missing schema. I found this question here: app.config configSections custom settings can not find schema informa...

.Net Custom Configuration Section and Saving Changes within PropertyGrid

If I load the My.Settings object (app.config) into a PropertyGrid, I am able to edit the property inside the propertygrid and the change is automatically saved. PropertyGrid1.SelectedObject = My.Settings I want to do the same with a Custom Configuration Section. Following this code example (from here http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vb/...

Alternative to OverLibWrapper for displaying control tooltips in ASP.NET

I looked into a nice way to display tooltips dynamically and I found OverLibWrapper, which was exactly what I needed. I have all the tooltip data stored in a custom configuration section, the tooltips are bound to their respective controls during Page_Load. I did a quick test and worked fine. The problem came up when I realized that Ov...