/// <summary>
/// We're only supporting three sections here at the moment.
/// The default appSettings, plus our standard ApplicationConfiguration
/// and CommonConfiguration section handlers. These handlers have extended support for
/// the Description attribute in addition to the Key, Value pair attributes
/// in the Xml configuration file.
/// </summary>
public void UpdateConfiguration(PropertyGridSettingsComponent customClass, bool commit)
{
try
{
//Save a backup version
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(originalFile))
Xmldoc.Save(this.originalFile + "_bak");
//Populate our property collection.
PropertyDescriptorCollection props = customClass.GetProperties();
for (int i = 0; i < props.Count; i++)
{
PropertyDescriptor item = props[i];
string value = item.GetValue(null).ToString();
string category = item.Category;
string key = item.DisplayName;
Type type = item.PropertyType;
if (type == typeof(System.Drawing.Color))
Settings[category][key].ColorValue = (System.Drawing.Color)item.GetValue(null);
else
Settings[category][key].Value = value;
Settings[category][key].ValueType = type;
}
Commit();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}
public void Update(PropertyGridSettingsComponent compo, bool commit = true)
{
xmlConfig.UpdateConfiguration(compo, commit);
}
/// <summary>
/// Load the Xml Configuration document and populate our CustomClass with a dynamic property
/// for each of the supported configuration sections. We're only supporting three sections here.
/// The default appSettings, plus our standard ApplicationConfiguration
/// and CommonConfiguration section handlers. These handlers are derived from IConfigurationSectionHandler.
/// They have extended support for the Description attribute in addition to the Key, Value
/// pair attributes in the Xml configuration file.
/// This could easily be extended to include support for any section under the configuration
/// section that has the <add key="value" value="value"/> structure (assuming you haven't written a
/// completely new Xml structure for your custom configuration section).
/// </summary>
public PropertyGridSettingsComponent GetPropertyGridSettingsComponent()
{
PropertyGridSettingsComponent customClass = new PropertyGridSettingsComponent();
try
{
XmlDocument xmlDoc = this.Xmldoc;
XmlNodeList nodes = xmlDoc.DocumentElement.ChildNodes;
foreach (XmlNode section in nodes)
{
XmlNodeList itemList = section.ChildNodes;
foreach (XmlNode item in itemList)
{
object value = string.Empty;
if (item.Attributes["value"] != null)
value = item.Attributes["value"].Value;
Type type = typeof(String);
if (item.Attributes["type"] != null)
{
try
{
if ("System.Drawing.Color" == item.Attributes["type"].Value)
{
type = typeof(System.Drawing.Color);
value = XmlConfig.ColorFromString(value.ToString());
}
else if (typeof(Enum).IsAssignableFrom(Type.GetType(item.Attributes["type"].Value)))
{
type = Type.GetType(item.Attributes["type"].Value);
value = Enum.Parse(type, value.ToString());
}
else
{
type = Type.GetType(item.Attributes["type"].Value);
}
}
catch
{
type = typeof(String);
}
if (type == null)
type = typeof(String);
}
customClass.AddProperty(item.Name, value, section.Name + "/" + item.Name + " => " + type.Name, section.Name, type, false, false);
}
}
return customClass;
}
catch
{
return null;
}
}
