How to add hierarchical data to app.config? How to retrieve it later?

chech out this.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/SystemConfiguration.aspx?msg=2227155

you will get the answer

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
 <appSettings>
    <add key="Setting1" value="Very" />
    <add key="Setting2" value="Easy" />
 </appSettings>
</configuration>

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Configuration;

namespace AppSettings
{
   class Program
   {
     static void ShowConfig()
     {

        // For read access you do not need to call OpenExeConfiguraton

        foreach(string key in ConfigurationManager.AppSettings)
        {
           string value = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[key];
           Console.WriteLine("Key: {0}, Value: {1}", key, value);
        }
     }

     static void Main(string[] args)
     {

        ShowConfig();

        // Open App.Config of executable

        System.Configuration.Configuration config =
         ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration
                    (ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

        // Add an Application Setting.

        config.AppSettings.Settings.Add("ModificationDate",
                       DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString() + " ");

        // Save the changes in App.config file.

        config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified);

        // Force a reload of a changed section.

        ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection("appSettings");
        ShowConfig();
      }
   }
}

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Expected Output:

Key: Settings1, Value: Very
Key: Setting2, Value: Easy
Key: Settings1, Value: Very
Key: Setting2, Value: Easy
Key: Modification Date, Value: 01:21:03

Sorry but you did not answer my question..
I don't want my app.config to be
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
 <appSettings>
    <add key="Setting1" value="Very" />
    <add key="Setting2" value="Easy" />
 </appSettings>
</configuration>

but

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
 <appSettings>
  <ChildNode>
    <add key="Setting1" value="Very" />
    <add key="Setting2" value="Easy" />
  <ChildNode/>
 </appSettings>
</configuration>


i.e. hierarchical like I wrote

okk...

actually dont have depth knowldege

but this way can be done??

might u Already did it

static void ShowConfig()
     {

        // For read access you do not need to call OpenExeConfiguraton

        foreach(string key in ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.childNode)
        {
           string value = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.childNode[key];
           Console.WriteLine("Key: {0}, Value: {1}", key, value);
        }
     }

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No doesn't work..

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You cannot do it in app.config. It has a fixed schema which is dumped into the AppSettings variable.
Why not save your information in a separate xml?

Just an XML or use any of the predefined settings files?
If my own XML, what dot net components help me with that? (Parsing, retrieving, etc.)

hey for that purpose,

check out this link.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tomholl/archive/2006/04/02/entlib2externalconfig.aspx

it may helps

dddd