AppSettings
using System;
using System.Configuration;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
ReadAllSettings();
ReadSetting("Setting1");
ReadSetting("NotValid");
AddUpdateAppSettings("NewSetting", "May 7, 2014");
AddUpdateAppSettings("Setting1", "May 8, 2014");
ReadAllSettings();
}
static void ReadAllSettings()
{
try
{
var appSettings = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings;
if (appSettings.Count == 0)
{
Console.WriteLine("AppSettings is empty.");
}
else
{
foreach (var key in appSettings.AllKeys)
{
Console.WriteLine("Key: {0} Value: {1}", key, appSettings[key]);
}
}
}
catch (ConfigurationErrorsException)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error reading app settings");
}
}
static void ReadSetting(string key)
{
try
{
var appSettings = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings;
string result = appSettings[key] ?? "Not Found";
Console.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (ConfigurationErrorsException)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error reading app settings");
}
}
static void AddUpdateAppSettings(string key, string value)
{
try
{
var configFile = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
var settings = configFile.AppSettings.Settings;
if (settings[key] == null)
{
settings.Add(key, value);
}
else
{
settings[key].Value = value;
}
configFile.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified);
ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection(configFile.AppSettings.SectionInformation.Name);
}
catch (ConfigurationErrorsException)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error writing app settings");
}
}
}
}
web.config
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
</startup>
<appSettings>
<add key="Setting1" value="May 5, 2014"/>
<add key="Setting2" value="May 6, 2014"/>
</appSettings>
</configuration>
ConnectionStrings
ConnectionStrings
using System;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
ReadProducts();
}
static void ReadProducts()
{
var connectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["WingtipToys"].ConnectionString;
string queryString = "SELECT Id, ProductName FROM dbo.Products;";
using (var connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{
var command = new SqlCommand(queryString, connection);
connection.Open();
using (var reader = command.ExecuteReader())
{
while (reader.Read())
{
Console.WriteLine(String.Format("{0}, {1}", reader[0], reader[1]));
}
}
}
}
}
}
web.config
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
</startup>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="WingtipToys" connectionString="Data Source=(LocalDB)\v11.0;Initial Catalog=WingtipToys;Integrated Security=True;Pooling=False" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>