public void WriteAppSettings(string sectionName, IDictionary newSettings)
{
Configuration appConfig = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
ClientSettingsSection section = GetAppConfigSection(appConfig, sectionName, true);
if (section == null)
{
throw new ConfigurationErrorsException("SettingsSaveFailedNoSection");
}
SettingElementCollection settings = section.Settings;
foreach (DictionaryEntry entry in newSettings)
{
StoredSetting setting = (StoredSetting)entry.Value;
SettingElement element = settings.Get((string)entry.Key);
if (element == null)
{
element = new SettingElement();
element.Name = (string)entry.Key;
settings.Add(element);
}
element.SerializeAs = setting.SerializeAs;
element.Value.ValueXml = setting.Value;
}
try
{
appConfig.Save();
}
catch (ConfigurationErrorsException ex)
{
throw new ConfigurationErrorsException("SettingsSaveFailed: " + ex.Message, ex);
}
}
public void CollectionAddNameless()
{
SettingElement el = new SettingElement();
Assert.AreEqual(String.Empty, el.Name, "premise #1");
SettingElementCollection c = new SettingElementCollection();
Assert.AreEqual(ConfigurationElementCollectionType.BasicMap, c.CollectionType, "premise #2");
c.Add(el);
Assert.AreEqual(el, c.Get(""), "#1");
}
/// <summary>
/// Checks the specified settings collection to see if it has a serialized value that should
/// be applied to the specified <see cref="SettingsPropertyValue"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">An individual settings property value.</param>
/// <param name="settings">A collection representing the settings.</param>
private static void ApplySettingToValue(SettingsPropertyValue value, SettingElementCollection settings)
{
var setting = settings.Get(value.Name);
if (setting != null)
{
value.SerializedValue = setting.Value.ValueXml.InnerText;
// Mark the value as not deserialized, which will trigger a deserialization of the SerializedValue into the PropertyValue.
value.Deserialized = false;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Updates the <see cref="SettingElementCollection"/> from the <see cref="SettingsPropertyValueCollection"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="settings">A collection representing the settings.</param>
/// <param name="values">
/// A <see cref="T:System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyValueCollection"/> representing the
/// group of property settings to set.
/// </param>
private static void UpdateSettingsFromPropertyValues(SettingElementCollection settings, SettingsPropertyValueCollection values)
{
foreach (SettingsPropertyValue value in values)
{
if (value.IsDirty)
{
var element = settings.Get(value.Name);
if (element == null)
{
// Note: We only support string serialization for brevity of implementation.
element = new SettingElement(value.Name, SettingsSerializeAs.String);
settings.Add(element);
}
element.SerializeAs = SettingsSerializeAs.String;
element.Value.ValueXml = CreateXmlValue(value.SerializedValue);
}
}
}
public static bool AddConfigSettingsCustomSectionSetting(string sectionName, string keyName, string value)
{
bool bMethodReturnValue = false;
try
{
ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection(sectionName);
Configuration configFile = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
ClientSettingsSection confSect = (ClientSettingsSection)configFile.GetSection(sectionName);
if (confSect == null)
{
ClientSettingsSection adding = new ClientSettingsSection();
configFile.Sections.Add(sectionName, adding);
configFile.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified, true);
confSect = (ClientSettingsSection)configFile.GetSection(sectionName);
}
SettingElementCollection appSettings = confSect.Settings;
if (appSettings.Get(keyName) == null)
{
SettingElement se = new SettingElement(keyName, SettingsSerializeAs.String);
SettingValueElement sve = new SettingValueElement
{
ValueXml = new System.Xml.XmlDocument {
InnerXml = $@"<value>{value}</value>"
}
};
se.Value = sve;
appSettings.Add(se);
bMethodReturnValue = true;
}
configFile.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified, true);
ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection(confSect.SectionInformation.Name);
}
catch (Exception excpt)
{
Trace.WriteLine($@"{excpt.Message} {excpt.Source} {excpt.StackTrace}");
}
return(bMethodReturnValue);
}
// SEE ABOVE REFERENCE **
/*
* <?XML version ="1.0' encoding="utf-8">
* <configuration>
* <configSections>
* ...
* <section name="{name of section}" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
* ...
* </configSections>
* <applicationSettings>
* <setting name="settingName" serializeAs="String">
* <value>settingValue</value>
* <setting name="Frankeinstein" serializeAs="String">
* <value>The Monster is ALIVE!</value>
* </setting>
* </setting>
* </applicationSettings>
* <{name of section}>
* <setting name="{setting name}" serializeAs="String">
* <value>{setting value}</value>
* </setting>
* </{name of section}>
* </{name of section}>
*/
public static string ReturnCustomSectionConfigSettingsSettingKeyValue(string sectionName, string keyName)
{
string appSettingsString = "";
try
{
ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection(sectionName);
Configuration configFile = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
ClientSettingsSection confSect = (ClientSettingsSection)configFile.GetSection(sectionName);
SettingElementCollection appSettings = confSect.Settings;
var v = appSettings.Get(keyName);
appSettingsString = Convert.ToString(v.Value.ValueXml.InnerText);
}
catch (Exception excpt)
{
Trace.WriteLine($@"{excpt.Message} {excpt.Source} {excpt.StackTrace}");
}
return(appSettingsString);
}
public void CollectionGetNonExistent()
{
SettingElementCollection c = new SettingElementCollection();
Assert.IsNull(c.Get("nonexistent"));
}
/// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Sets the values of the specified group of property settings.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context">A <see cref="T:System.Configuration.SettingsContext"/>
/// describing the current application usage.</param>
/// <param name="values">A <see cref="T:System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyValueCollection"/>
/// representing the group of property settings to set.</param>
/// <exception cref="T:System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException">A user-scoped
/// setting was encountered but the current configuration only supports application-
/// scoped settings.
/// -or-There was a general failure saving the settings to the configuration file.
/// </exception>
/// <PermissionSet>
/// <IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermission, mscorlib, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
/// version="1" Unrestricted="true"/>
/// <IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission, mscorlib, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
/// version="1" Unrestricted="true"/>
/// <IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermission, mscorlib, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
/// version="1" Flags="ControlEvidence, ControlPrincipal"/>
/// </PermissionSet>
/// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
public override void SetPropertyValues(SettingsContext context,
SettingsPropertyValueCollection values)
{
// Set the config files
ExeConfigurationFileMap configMap = SetConfigFiles();
Configuration localConfig = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(configMap,
ConfigurationUserLevel.PerUserRoamingAndLocal);
Configuration roamingConfig = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(configMap,
ConfigurationUserLevel.PerUserRoaming);
string groupName = (string)context["GroupName"];
ClientSettingsSection localSettings =
localConfig.GetSectionGroup("userSettings").Sections[groupName] as ClientSettingsSection;
ClientSettingsSection roamingSettings =
roamingConfig.GetSectionGroup("userSettings").Sections[groupName] as ClientSettingsSection;
SettingElementCollection localCollection = localSettings.Settings;
SettingElementCollection roamingCollection = roamingSettings.Settings;
// Create new collection of values
foreach (SettingsPropertyValue value in values)
{
if (value.Property.Attributes[typeof(UserScopedSettingAttribute)] != null)
{
SettingElement elem;
if (value.Property.Attributes[typeof(SettingsManageabilityAttribute)] == null)
{
// this is a property for a local user
elem = localCollection.Get(value.Name);
if (elem == null)
{
elem = new SettingElement();
elem.Name = value.Name;
localCollection.Add(elem);
}
}
else
{
// this is a property for a roaming user
elem = roamingCollection.Get(value.Name);
if (elem == null)
{
elem = new SettingElement();
elem.Name = value.Name;
roamingCollection.Add(elem);
}
}
elem.SerializeAs = value.Property.SerializeAs;
elem.Value.ValueXml = SerializeToXmlElement(value);
}
}
if (localCollection.Count > 0)
{
localConfig.Save();
}
if (roamingCollection.Count > 0)
{
roamingConfig.Save();
}
}
public string this[string key]
{
get { return(WPFHelpers.DesignMode ? "" : _settings.Get(key).Value.ValueXml.InnerText); }
set { _settings.Get(key).Value.ValueXml.InnerText = value; }
}
