Questions tagged [configsection]

Specifies configuration section and namespace declarations.

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.NET Console Application configSections

I have a shared class library which is being used by an asp.net web application and a console application. In the web.config of my web app, I have a sectionGroup within the configSections declared, and then the matching settings.
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.Net custom config section not loading

I am trying to create a custom config section for storing api settings by region. This is for a asp.net web api. However I am unable to get my custom config section to work. When I run the unit test it says: Message:…
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Cant generate MyAssembly.XmlSerializer

In our Company Project, we have a method in a class with the following line XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Settings)); This causes an exception saying that MyAssembly.XmlSerializer cant be found. From what I gather is that…
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configSection supposed to be at the first element in app.config

Why is configSection supposed to be at the first element in app.config ? I had a 'System.TypeInitializationException' in my WPF application, Message: An unhandled exception of type 'System.TypeInitializationException' occurred in…
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Reading from configSection attribute of type "Type"

I've a section like this in my code I need to create an Instance of MyClass, so what I do is something like that: string type = GetMySectionType(); // "Namespace.MyClass, AssemblyName" var…
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How to create a nested configuration section in app.config file? Error: "Unrecognized attribute"

I have a requirement to create a nested configuration section. The issue is that I need to write an application that accesses any number of databases. These could be oracle, sql, or anything else... I want to make my config section look like…
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Custom ConfigSection either to load it from app.config or from external file

We have specific need for Custom configuration in app.config which I have successfully implemented but in case if that section is exponentially increasing which may occur as more and more functionality adding to our application, I want to separate…
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Cannot read section from app.config

I have a simple config section as follows
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Custom config section error on file download in MVC

I'm using a custom configuration section in my web.config in an ASP.NET MVC 5 project. It works perfectly fine, until I try to download a file via a link: ... Here's how I'm handling the…
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Custom config section handler can't find handler

I'm creating configSections in app.config with my custom handler AbraMain.MyConfigHandler Error: Could not load type 'AbraMain.MyConfigHandler.ApplicationListCollection' from assembly 'System.Configuration, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,…
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Split appSettings into multiple sections / files?

Can I split appSettings into multiple external config files and include them in main web.config? Here is what I have tried, but its not working :( In web.config I defined a new section:
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Accessing data from web.config (in views folder)

I'm working on an MVC application and in a particular section of the website I need to send notification emails (I'm guessing maybe a maximum of 10). So I thought that I'd save the emails as a list in the web.config file and then loop through the…
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Store same key in Machine.config and App.config

I'm holding a custom configuration section in machine.config of following structure: Now, i want to be able to override the same key settings…