how to create a config file in c#.net?
answer asap preferred. colleague working on it. tq.
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Hi,
If you are looking for managing configuration settings of your application then have a look at the Configuration Management Application Block at http://msdn.microsoft.com/
This has more facilities and easy to manage.
regards,
Venki
I would personally suggest the Configuration Management block as tovenki has.
If not I would simply write a class that represents my configuration points and serialize it to XML ...
[ISerializable()]
public class MyConfig {
private string foobar;
private string barfoor;
public string Fubar {
get { return foobar; }
set { foobar = value; }
}
public string Barfoo {
get { return barfoo; }
set { barfoo = value; }
}
then just serialize it to a file ...
if you need help with serialization take a look at http://www.devhood.com/Tut
}
You can dynamically add or remove values, but remember that in case of ASP.Net, the ASP.Net worker process will be restarted. Have a look on the following URL where you can find a class that allows you to modify the configuration settings for console, windows, or web application:
URL: http://www.eggheadcafe.com
Best, Nauman
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R.K
I realize this is kind of oldschool, but another option is to use the win api to write to an INI file. (you do remember those, don't you?) =]
Declare Function GetPrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias _
"GetPrivateProfileStringA"
ByVal lpDefault As String, ByVal lpReturnedString As String, ByVal nSize As Integer, _
ByVal lpFileName As String) As Integer
Declare Function WritePrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias _
"WritePrivateProfileString
ByVal lpString As String, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Integer
Public Shared Function sGetINI(ByVal sINIFile As String, ByVal sSection As String, _
ByVal sKey As String, ByVal sDefault As String) As String
Dim sTemp As String = Space(255)
Dim nLength As Integer
nLength = GetPrivateProfileString(sS
Return sTemp.Substring(0, nLength)
End Function
Public Shared Sub writeINI(ByVal sINIFile As String, ByVal sSection As String, _
ByVal sKey As String, ByVal sValue As String)
'remove CR/LF characters
sValue = sValue.Replace(vbCr, vbNullChar)
sValue = sValue.Replace(vbLf, vbNullChar)
'write information to ini file
WritePrivateProfileString(
End Sub
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by: nauman_ahmedPosted on 2004-05-18 at 19:48:22ID: 11104241
what kind of config file you are looking for? If it is a web application it is better to create the key value pair in the Web.config file itself. An example is given below:
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="DATABASE_PATH" value="c:\MYDb.mdb"></add>
<add key="CONNECTION_STRING" value="Provider=Microsoft.
<add key="ADMINISTRATOR_NAME" value="System Administrator"></add>
<add key="ADMIN_EMAIL" value="admin@domain.com"><
</appSettings>
</Configuration>
When you want to refer to these key value pairs, use the following code:
string strDBPath = System.Configuration.Confi
-Nauman