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ActiveX
ActiveX

Reputation: 1165

Evaluate defined Mask Identifier to its Actual Value in C#

I have a mask defined in my C# code as:

public const uint GFDEVICE_OUTPUTS_REFRESH_ALL = 0xFFFFFFFF;

I would like to use that name (GFDEVICE_OUTPUTS_REFRESH_ALL) instead of the actual value (0xFFFFFFFF) in my config file and therefore I need to read the constant name of the mask and convert it to actual uint value.

Example of an entry in XML cfg file:

entry ="display mask" value="GFDEVICE_OUTPUTS_REFRESH_ALL"

When reading the config file, I want to read the string value GFDEVICE_OUTPUTS_REFRESH_ALL and convert to uint of 0xFFFFFFFF at run-time.
Please note I am not using enums in my code for masks. My masks are defined as uint constants as state above.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 105

Answers (1)

amuratgencay
amuratgencay

Reputation: 186

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="display mask" value="GFDEVICE_OUTPUTS_REFRESH_ALL=0xFFFFFFFF" />
</appSettings>
</configuration>

string value = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["display mask"];
Dictionary<string,uint> dic = new Dictionary<string,uint>();
string key = value.split('=')[0];
uint value = Convert.ToUInt(value.split('=')[1]);

Upvotes: 1

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