How to save actual ConfigurationSection to a given file?

Asked Feb 05 '20 at 13:48

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Using information provided in the questions: How do I save a configuration file with a custom configuration section? and Saving custom section to config file I came up to helper method which I add to my ConfigurationSection type:

public void SaveAs(string path)
{
    this.SectionInformation.ForceSave = true;

    System.Configuration.Configuration configRoot = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(null);
    configRoot.Sections.Add(GetSectionName(), this);

    // *
    configRoot.SaveAs(path, ConfigurationSaveMode.Full);
}

Well, the file is created, the section is saved, the problem is all the values are default ones, not actual. At the point marked with asterisk I checked my data, both this object contains actual value I would like to see and peeking inside configRoot I can see it has several sections at this point, there is mine as well, and it contains the correct values. Yet one thing is kept (actual values), the other thing is saved (defaults).

So, how to save the all data, actual data from given ConfigurationSection?

When I change the saving mode to ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified the correct values are saved, but only the the ones I modified. I just checked it to see if saving method sees actual values.

edited Feb 06 '20 at 06:36

asked Feb 05 '20 at 13:48

astrowalker

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Why do you pass `null` to `ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration`? – Titulum Feb 06 '20 at 07:07
@Titulum, because I copied it from the other SO post. – astrowalker Feb 07 '20 at 06:14
What happens if you replace it with `ConfigurationUserLevel.None`? – Titulum Feb 07 '20 at 07:29
@Titulum, same behavior as with `null`. – astrowalker Feb 07 '20 at 08:43
did you manage to find the solution? – Titulum Feb 11 '20 at 07:38
@Titulum, so far no. – astrowalker Feb 12 '20 at 06:05

How to save actual ConfigurationSection to a given file?

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