// Change custom section and write it to disk.
static void SerializeCustomSection()
{
try
{
System.Configuration.Configuration config =
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
CustomSection customSection =
config.Sections.Get("CustomSection")
as CustomSection;
TimeSpan ts =
new TimeSpan(1, 30, 30);
customSection.MaxIdleTime = ts;
config.Save();
string maxIdleTime =
customSection.MaxIdleTime.ToString();
Console.WriteLine("New max idle time: {0}",
maxIdleTime);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
public static void SetTimeDelay()
{
try
{
System.Configuration.Configuration config =
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
CustomSection section =
config.Sections.Get("CustomSection")
as CustomSection;
TimeSpan td =
new TimeSpan();
td =
TimeSpan.FromMinutes(
DateTime.Now.Minute);
section.TimeDelay = td;
section.SectionInformation.ForceSave = true;
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full);
config.Save();
Console.WriteLine("timeDelay: {0}",
section.TimeDelay.ToString());
}
catch (System.Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
// Create a custom section.
static void CreateSection()
{
try
{
CustomSection customSection;
// Get the current configuration file.
System.Configuration.Configuration config =
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
// Create the section entry
// in the <configSections> and the
// related target section in <configuration>.
if (config.Sections["CustomSection"] == null)
{
customSection = new CustomSection();
config.Sections.Add("CustomSection", customSection);
customSection.SectionInformation.ForceSave = true;
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full);
}
}
catch (ConfigurationErrorsException err)
{
Console.WriteLine(err.ToString());
}
}
//</Snippet2>
//<Snippet5>
static void ChangeDefaults()
{
try
{
System.Configuration.Configuration config =
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
CustomSection customSection =
config.Sections["CustomSection"] as CustomSection;
// This will fail if the ReadOnly flag is
// set to true in GetRuntimeObject.
customSection.FileName = "newFile.txt";
TimeSpan ts = new TimeSpan(0, 15, 0);
customSection.MaxIdleTime += ts;
customSection.MaxUsers += 100;
if (!customSection.ElementInformation.IsLocked)
{
config.Save();
ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection("CustomSection");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Section was locked, could not update.");
}
}
catch (ConfigurationErrorsException err)
{
Console.WriteLine(err.ToString());
}
}
public static void SetPermission()
{
try
{
System.Configuration.Configuration config =
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
CustomSection section =
config.Sections.Get("CustomSection")
as CustomSection;
section.Permission =
CustomSection.Permissions.FullControl;
section.SectionInformation.ForceSave = true;
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full);
config.Save();
Console.WriteLine("Current Protection: {0}",
section.Permission.ToString());
}
catch (System.Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
// Create a custom section and save it in the
// application configuration file.
public void CreateCustomSection()
{
Configuration config =
WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration("/ConfigSite");
CustomSection section =
config.Sections["CustomSection"] as CustomSection;
if (section == null)
{
// Create section and add it to the configuration.
section = new CustomSection();
config.Sections.Add("CustomSection", section);
}
// Assign configuration settings.
section.aTimeout =
TimeSpan.FromSeconds(DateTime.Now.Second);
section.anInteger = 1500;
section.aString = "Hello World";
// Save the changes.
config.Save();
}
// Modify a custom section and cause configuration
// error exceptions.
static void ModifyCustomSection()
{
try
{
// Get the application configuration file.
System.Configuration.Configuration config =
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
CustomSection custSection =
config.Sections["CustomSection"] as CustomSection;
// Change the section properties.
custSection.FileName = "newName.txt";
// Cause an exception.
custSection.MaxUsers = custSection.MaxUsers + 100;
if (!custSection.ElementInformation.IsLocked)
{
config.Save();
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(
"Section was locked, could not update.");
}
}
catch (ConfigurationErrorsException err)
{
string msg = err.Message;
Console.WriteLine("Message: {0}", msg);
string fileName = err.Filename;
Console.WriteLine("Filename: {0}", fileName);
int lineNumber = err.Line;
Console.WriteLine("Line: {0}", lineNumber.ToString());
string bmsg = err.BareMessage;
Console.WriteLine("BareMessage: {0}", bmsg);
string source = err.Source;
Console.WriteLine("Source: {0}", source);
string st = err.StackTrace;
Console.WriteLine("StackTrace: {0}", st);
}
}
public static void GetTypeName()
{
try
{
CustomSection section =
ConfigurationManager.GetSection("CustomSection")
as CustomSection;
Console.WriteLine("CustomSection type: {0}",
section);
}
catch (System.Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
public static void GetTimeDelay()
{
try
{
CustomSection section =
ConfigurationManager.GetSection("CustomSection")
as CustomSection;
Console.WriteLine("timeDelay: {0}",
section.TimeDelay.ToString());
}
catch (System.Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
public static void GetPermission()
{
try
{
CustomSection section =
ConfigurationManager.GetSection("CustomSection")
as CustomSection;
Console.WriteLine("Default Permission: {0}",
section.Permission.ToString());
}
catch (System.Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
// Create a custom section.
static UsingConfigurationErrorsException()
{
// Get the application configuration file.
System.Configuration.Configuration config =
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
// If the section does not exist in the configuration
// file, create it and save it to the file.
if (config.Sections["CustomSection"] == null)
{
CustomSection custSection = new CustomSection();
config.Sections.Add("CustomSection", custSection);
custSection =
config.GetSection("CustomSection") as CustomSection;
custSection.SectionInformation.ForceSave = true;
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full);
}
}
// Get the custom section stored in
// the configuration file.
public string GetCustomSection()
{
Configuration config =
WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration("/ConfigSite");
CustomSection section =
config.Sections["CustomSection"] as CustomSection;
string currentSection = string.Empty;
if (section != null)
{
currentSection = HttpContext.Current.Server.HtmlEncode(
section.SectionInformation.GetRawXml());
}
else
{
currentSection = "CustomSection does not exist";
}
return(currentSection);
}
// Read custom section from disk.
static void DeserializeCustomSection()
{
try
{
System.Configuration.Configuration config =
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
CustomSection customSection =
config.Sections.Get("CustomSection")
as CustomSection;
TimeSpan maxIdleTime =
customSection.MaxIdleTime;
Console.WriteLine("Max idle time: {0}",
maxIdleTime.ToString());
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
