CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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smatter
smatter

Reputation: 29248

Add values to app.config and retrieve them

I need to insert key value pairs in app.Config as follows:

<configuration>
 <appSettings>
    <add key="Setting1" value="Value1" />
    <add key="Setting2" value="Value2" />
 </appSettings>
</configuration>

When I searched in google I got the following code snippet

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);

The above code is not working as ConfigurationManager is not found in System.Configuration namespace I'm using .NET 2.0. How to add key-value pairs to app.Config programatically and retrieve them?

Upvotes: 79

Views: 198035

Answers (6)

Thomas
Thomas

Reputation: 34218

sorry for late answer but may be my code may help u.

I placed 3 buttons on the winform surface. button1 & 2 will set different value and button3 will retrieve current value. so when run my code first add the reference System.configuration

and click on first button and then click on 3rd button to see what value has been set. next time again click on second & 3rd button to see again what value has been set after change.

so here is the code.

using System.Configuration;

 private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(Application.ExecutablePath);
    config.AppSettings.Settings.Remove("DBServerName");
    config.AppSettings.Settings.Add("DBServerName", "FirstAddedValue1");
    config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified);
}

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(Application.ExecutablePath);
    config.AppSettings.Settings.Remove("DBServerName");
    config.AppSettings.Settings.Add("DBServerName", "SecondAddedValue1");
    config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified);
}

private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(Application.ExecutablePath);
          MessageBox.Show(config.AppSettings.Settings["DBServerName"].Value);
}

Upvotes: 0

Radicz
Radicz

Reputation: 152

This works:

public static void AddValue(string key, string value)
{
    Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(Application.ExecutablePath);
    config.AppSettings.Settings.Add(key, value);
    config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Minimal);
}

Upvotes: 13

Junaid Khan
Junaid Khan

Reputation: 530

To Get The Data From the App.config

Keeping in mind you have to:

  1. Added to the References -> System.Configuration
  2. and also added this using statement -> using System.Configuration;

Just Simply do this

string value1 = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Value1"];

Alternatively, you can achieve this in one line, if you don't want to add using System.Configuration; explicitly.

string value1 = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Value1"]

Upvotes: 5

Arjan Einbu
Arjan Einbu

Reputation: 13692

Are you missing the reference to System.Configuration.dll? ConfigurationManager class lies there.

EDIT: The System.Configuration namespace has classes in mscorlib.dll, system.dll and in system.configuration.dll. Your project always include the mscorlib.dll and system.dll references, but system.configuration.dll must be added to most project types, as it's not there by default...

Upvotes: 56

Suraj
Suraj

Reputation: 427

I hope this works: 

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

config.AppSettings.Settings["Yourkey"].Value = "YourValue";
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified);

Upvotes: 5

OneSHOT
OneSHOT

Reputation: 6953

Try adding a Reference to System.Configuration, you get some of the configuration namespace by referencing the System namespace, adding the reference to System.Configuration should allow you to access ConfigurationManager.

Upvotes: 9

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