Bilal Haidar [MVP] : Configuration in ASP.NET 2.0

Add AppSettings Keys Programatically

simple — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:32:00 GMT

In ASP.NET 2.0 Beta 2, two new configuration classes have been added:

1- ConfigurationManager:
Used to update sections inside the App.Config file.

2- WebConfigurationManager:
Used to update setions inside Web.Config file.

To see how to add some keys to the AppSettings section in the web.config file, check the code below:

Configuration configFile = 
                  WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration("~");
AppSettingsSection AppSection = 
                  configFile.GetSection("appSettings") as AppSettingsSection;
AppSection.Settings.Add(
                 new KeyValueConfigurationElement("SMTP", "mail.bhaidar.net")
                       );    
configFile.Save();

The above code would add the following line to the appSettings section.

<appSettings>
    <add key="SMTP" value="mail.bhaidar.net" />
</appSettings>

Make sure to include:

using System.Web.Configuration;

Hope that helps you.

Regards

Configuration Section handler and the validator classes to validate the section

simple — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:19:00 GMT

A great post about reading a ConfigurationSection in asp.net 2.0 by Fredrik Normen.

Check the post @ : http://fredrik.nsquared2.com/viewpost.aspx?PostID=253&showfeedback=true

Regards

ConfigurationManager Class in ASP.NET 2.0

simple — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:07:00 GMT

Fredrik Normen explains the ConfigurationManager in details.

Check his post @ : http://fredrik.nsquared2.com/viewpost.aspx?PostID=252&showfeedback=true

Regards