C# - .net Config File AppSettings: NameValueCollection Vs. KeyValueConfigurationCollection?
Jul 31, 2009c# - .net config file AppSettings: NameValueCollection vs. KeyValueConfigurationCollection
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Copy The Database File By Giving The Reference Of The Config.Appsettings?
Apr 21, 2011I have built a functionality where I want to back up the database - [Access]. Currently, its working but the user has to specify the file. I used a FileOpenDialog Box to get the file, saved it in a textbox and copied it to another directory. That works good. What I want now is the user doesnt have to know the lcoation of the Database. So, I just want to copy the Database File using the Configuration.Appsettings. He can specify the directory the file needs to be copied to. The Access DB is referenced as follows:
<connectionStrings>
<add name="TestCMS.My.MySettings.CMSConnectionString" connectionString="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=|DataDirectory|CMS.mdb"
providerName="System.Data.OleDb" />
</connectionStrings>
AppSettings Clear Xml Element In App.config
Jun 13, 2011What is the purpose of the <Clear > XML element within the <AppSettings> tag in an application's config file?I see it removes previously added settings (see code below), but why would you want to do that? [code]I also understand that when manipulating app settings in code you could clear existing keys, but why have the <clear> XML element?Also, out of habit really, i've been putting the <clear> element before any <add> elements. Do i need to do this, should i not be doing this?
View 2 RepliesSet A Default Printer Dynamically (value From Appsettings On App.config)?
Feb 15, 2011set a default printer run time(value from appsettings on app.config)
View 1 RepliesUnable To Access AppSettings From App.Config In A Class Library Project
Mar 1, 2012I am trying to access appSettings using the following syntax and I have used it before in my many website projects but not in a class library project. In this class library project I cannot even access the AppSettings Keys. Is there any way I could access the AppSettings Key from my class? Is the class library project's app.config or project structure behave in a different way?
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I have already added Project Reference to System.Configuration and imported in my class. When I run my code it says, "Object not set to an instance of any object".
VS 2010 AppSettings File Attribute?
Jun 9, 2011I've been linking to an external config file using <appSettings file="blah"> since VS 2003. I just created my first 2010 project, and I get no data from my file, nor any error. [edit]This functionality works as expected when I point to 3.5 framework.Another note, if I copy the other config to the debug directory and reference it by file name it works. When I use the UNC path it doesn't. The UNC path has worked for many of my past projects. Maybe it's a 4.0 security setting somewhere?
View 2 RepliesC# :: Validate Dot Net Application Config File(ex, App.exe.config) On Console?
Jan 18, 2010is there any tool to validate configuration file?
View 1 RepliesUse A Variable As The First Parameter In A NameValueCollection?
Jun 26, 2011Instead of:
NameValueCollection nvc=new NameValueCollection();
nvc.Add("A","Alpha");
I want to do:
nvc.Add(somevar, "Alpha")
Is there hashing going on against the key?
I have tried.... somevar = """ & myvar & """ and every other thing I can think of...
VS 2010 Sorting A NameValueCollection?
Jan 30, 2012I'm using a NameValueCollection that I'd like to sort the keys on, just not sure how. The keys are basically a 24hr time stamp.
Dim matched As New NameValueCollection
matched.Add("0010","string1")
matched.Add("1545","string2")
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Pass Variable As First Parameter To A NameValueCollection?
Jun 26, 2011When adding to a NameValueCollection you normally would do this:
nvc.Add("SOME LITERAL STRING", "MY VALUE")
but if you dont know the first parameter until you read it in from a file then you would want this:
nvc.Add(myVar, "MY VALUE")
this does not work! The NameValueCollection parameters SAY they want a string, but they really don't, they want a "Literal" sting.
So, the question is: How do I pass a variable string to the first parameter?
Add Application Name To <appSettings/>?
Jan 1, 2012This is my app.config file looks like[code]...
To be more short and clear I need to enter the above shown User details to my database using the HDI membership provider.
Access An Appsettings Key Value In .net 2.0 Web Application?
Jun 17, 2011I've trying to access an appsettings key value in my vb.net 2.0 web application.I've put the key in the app.config file:
<appSettings>
<add key="DownloadURL" value="http://<myURL>/" />
</appSettings>
I've followed the instructions here, and it says that I need to access this key like so:
URL = System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("DownloadURL")
But I get the following message:
Public Shared Readonly property
AppSettings() As
'System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection'
[code]....
I tried to replace the old method with the new one, but it does not exist.Strange, since I've done a similar thing with a web app and it did exist there.
AppSettings And ApplicationSettings ConfigurationManager
Jan 15, 2008why are application settings stored in "applicationSettings" when the ConfigurationManager is looking in the old appSettings area in a config file?
View 6 RepliesChange Appsettings On Runtime?
Mar 5, 2011I am trying tp update app.config setting on button click.But I am still not able tp update the settings.Here is the code
Dim config
As Configuration = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None)
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VS 2008 - My.Settings File - Specify The Location For User.config File
Jan 3, 2010I'm looking for a way to specify the location for the User.config file that is used for storing the My.Settings object. It appears that this is not possible. The problem for me is, I don't want to be responsible for creating several different files on the users computer that really have no use and are difficult to find and clean once an update is released. For most users, this is not a serious problem, as many will probably never update the software, and most will probably only go through a couple of updates. On my system, there are config files for every build of the application, and the same to a lesser extent will be true for my beta testers.
I can understand that MS wants to make sure that no two applications will use the same location for storing application data, but a simple [UserData] [CompanyName][ApplicationName] for storing application data will probably suffice for 99.9999 percent of the legitimate applications in the world. Bogging a user's system down with erroneous files, no matter how small, is an unnecessary drain on system resources and a potential source of problems for the user. It's bad enough that most programs leave bits and pieces of themselves all over a user's system after De-installation - this to me seems only to exaggerate this problem.
Is the only way to get around this problem to write a whole new Settings Class? Is there a way to change the location of the UserConfig file to a more friendly (and more predictable) location that I am not finding for myself? It would seem that having at least the OPTION to specify a location for the User.Config file would be OBVIOUS and easy to implement, so why did they leave this out?
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings Does Not Exist?
Oct 5, 2006I am trying to upgrade a VB 2003 program to VB 2005.One warning I am getting is:
'Public Shared ReadOnly Property AppSettings() As System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection' is obsolete: 'This method is obsolete, it has been replaced by
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Make Application 'single File' And Get Rid Of XML Config File?
Dec 29, 2010I have this pretty simple application, it uses a webService to transfer data to my servers DataBase. Now it is very important for me to keep this application as one single file, and not having some XML files needed for it to work, but this is the case. I think the XML file holds the information to this webService, so without it the application crashes. Is there a way to get the application to work without this XML file, or a way to put the XML inside the exe archive?
View 1 RepliesAsp.net - Getting Configuration Settings From Web.config/app.config Using Class Library
Mar 26, 2009I have a class library (Named ADI), that needs some configuration settings from the project using it (like connectionstring, filesystem locations etc).
I want to define these settings in my Windows Forms/Web Projects App.Config or Web.Config, like other settings.
Here is part of my app.config for my windows forms application:
<applicationSettings>
<PhotoImportRobot.My.MySettings>
<setting name="ADIImageRoot" serializeAs="String">
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Edit App.config File - Get File Path?
Dec 6, 2011I have existing file named myapp.exe.config . What I would like to do is have a little app where user could specify path to app database. I know how to get file path but I dont know how to change existing line in myapp.exe.config file. No changes during runtime. Just simple app to change string in app.config file. I would like to enable user to select path to database and store that path in app.config file. Line which I would to change has a string "|DataDirectory|mydatabase.accdb" and i would like to change it with for ex. "C:Myappmydatabase.accdb" ( if it is selected file's path).
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Use A Config File?
May 22, 2009What i want to do is use a config file to save the value that a user sets in a Folder browser dialog so that i can use the directory they select to write to files in that directory
View 4 Replies.net - Save System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection Instance To Hard Disk And Load It Back As An Instance?
Jun 24, 2011I have following instance of System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection:
Dim UserSelection As New System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection
UserSelection.Add("D_Color1", "Black")
UserSelection.Add("D_Color2", "Green")
UserSelection.Add("D_Color3", "Purple")
I need to save this instance to hard disk and then load it back from hard disk as an instance. How do I do that?
.net - Why Does A Large Amount Of AppSettings Calls To A None Existent Key Cause Application Crashes
May 23, 2012There is a very strange problem with a Windows Service I am working on that I would like to understand why it occurs. The service loops every 5 minutes and then within that loop it loops through keys containing webservice URLs that are numbered such as:
<add key="URL.1" value="http://dummy1.com/Service.asmx"/>
<add key="URL.2" value="http://dummy2.com/Service.asmx"/>
<add key="URL.3" value="http://dummy3.com/Service.asmx"/>
The code that does this check is:
If String.IsNullOrEmpty(AppSettings("OM." & intCount & ".Name").ToString) Then
When it hits a key that doesn't exist an exception is thrown and the service stops and waits for 5 minutes until the next loop.This usually works great but every week or two the Windows service will crash on that line without any Exception. The application log has a line from before that line but nothing after, none of the Try Catches are hit (the main one is catching the base "Exception" class).In the Event Log for Windows is the following:
Faulting application name: MyService.exe, version: 1.1.2.0, time stamp: 0x4fa22a24
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17651, time stamp: 0x4e211319
Exception code: 0xe053534f
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The weird part is that this line of code is executing fine 300 times a day for at least a week which is around 2000 times before that one time it causes a full crash of the application. why this is occurring? I have changed that line of code to not rely on Exceptions and it has been working fine for a week now with no crash so could be something to do with too many Exceptions - maybe causing a stack overflow?
Edit Web.Config File
Aug 18, 2011I'm attempting to update some values in the web.config file from code during an install process.So far I've found this for updating the connection string,[code]However I need to update another section and I'm not sure how. I have the settings for an email and I'm not sure how to update them. Relevant web.config section below, [code]
View 2 RepliesAdd App.config File To Project?
Apr 20, 2011Can anybody tell me how can i add app.config file to the project?
i try add new item in the project but i can not see any app.config template.
C# - When/How Does My .NET Application Use It's App.Config File
Dec 31, 2011I've never thought about it before; but I recently learned how I could modify the app.config file to add/remove trace listeners (for example, to redirect all of the Trace.WriteLine output to a text file).But I don't quite understand how it works? I know the corresponding C# code to do the same as the config (in this example) - does that code get generated/executed before my application's entry point?
View 3 RepliesRead XML Config File?
Apr 10, 2009I would like to be able to read the entire document, and make changes to it before run time. I am making a deployment tool for my application, and most of my customers do not want to rename their servers, nor do I want to have to rename the server in the connection string section of the app config file.
View 3 RepliesReading The Config File?
Jun 11, 2009My configuration file has the following settings for logging. I want to read the Switches value attribute to see if Debug is set to 4 (Debug logging) so that I can retain some temporary files. How to I read the value using configuration manager?
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<system.diagnostics>
<switches>
<add name="TraceLevel" value="4" />
</switches>
</system.diagnostics>
Replacement Of App Config File
Jun 29, 2010I need to develop an project in VB.Net 2005 or 2008 and SQL 2005 for the database. It is not possible to create an App Config file(To create an connection to the Database).Is it possible to use/create an connection with similar functionality, and what is the replacement of this function.
View 1 RepliesSave To Config.ini File?
Mar 21, 2010I'm using this code:
Dim tfLines() As String = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines("Config.ini")
For Each line As String In tfLines
Dim arr As String() = line.Split("="c)
If arr(0) = "title" Then textbox1.text = arr(1)
Next
To read from a config file that looks like this this:Quotetitle=this is the text Now is the question, how can I save to the config file?Like, replace "this is the text" with the new text in textbox1.text
The Concept Of App.config File?
Feb 6, 2012[code].....
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