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C# ConfigurationManager Write Existing Custom Section

So I have an application that I need to have a portable configuration file for. I have started using the ConfigurationManager object for this, and have gotten it to read an existing Custom Section, and even create a default one if there is no Custom Section meeting my name, but I can't seem to figure out how to be able to write changed values to an existing Custom Section using ConfigurationManager. I would like to allow the user to update values as needed without editing the .config XML directly, and so far I only see that I can do this using the AppSettings section. Anyone have an idea of how to do this using ConfigurationManager?

Meir Rivkin

you probably using something like:

SectionType st = (SectionType)onfigurationManager.GetSection(“<section>”);

where SectionType is your custom section wrapper class.
if you create the properties with both get and set you should be able to update your custom sections.

MonMusc

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So looking at that, I would assume the thinking is that using the GetSection will create a object based on the App.Config CustomSection, and if I do a set to the property it will store it? I'm curious because I specifically have to do an AddSection to do the initial write, but alas I will give it a shot and see if this leads me down the right path.

Meir Rivkin

post the config and wrapper class for the custom section and i'll take a look

MonMusc

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Attached is the cs and config file.
Config.cs
App.config

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