public static void ImportSharedSettings(this ApplicationSettingsBase settings, string configurationFilename)
{
SystemConfiguration configuration = SystemConfigurationHelper.GetExeConfiguration(configurationFilename);
var values = SystemConfigurationHelper.GetSettingsValues(configuration, settings.GetType());
SetSharedPropertyValues(settings, values);
}
public static SettingsPropertyValueCollection GetSharedPropertyValues(LocalFileSettingsProvider provider, SettingsContext context, SettingsPropertyCollection properties, string currentExeConfigFilename = null)
{
var settingsClass = (Type)context["SettingsClassType"];
var systemConfiguration = String.IsNullOrEmpty(currentExeConfigFilename)
? SystemConfigurationHelper.GetExeConfiguration()
: SystemConfigurationHelper.GetExeConfiguration(currentExeConfigFilename);
var storedValues = systemConfiguration.GetSettingsValues(settingsClass);
// Create new collection of values
var values = new SettingsPropertyValueCollection();
foreach (SettingsProperty setting in properties)
{
var value = new SettingsPropertyValue(setting)
{
SerializedValue = storedValues.ContainsKey(setting.Name) ? storedValues[setting.Name] : null,
IsDirty = false
};
// use the stored value, or set the SerializedValue to null, which tells .NET to use the default value
values.Add(value);
}
return(values);
}
public static void SetSharedPropertyValues(LocalFileSettingsProvider provider, SettingsContext context, SettingsPropertyValueCollection values, string currentExeConfigFilename)
{
var valuesToStore = new Dictionary <string, string>();
foreach (SettingsPropertyValue value in values)
{
if (value.SerializedValue != null)
{
valuesToStore[value.Name] = (string)value.SerializedValue;
}
}
var systemConfiguration = String.IsNullOrEmpty(currentExeConfigFilename)
? SystemConfigurationHelper.GetExeConfiguration()
: SystemConfigurationHelper.GetExeConfiguration(currentExeConfigFilename);
var settingsClass = (Type)context["SettingsClassType"];
systemConfiguration.PutSettingsValues(settingsClass, valuesToStore);
foreach (SettingsPropertyValue value in values)
{
value.IsDirty = false;
}
}
private IDictionary <string, string> GetCriticalSettingsValues(Type settingsClassType)
{
// if the critical settings file doesn't exist or we couldn't figure out the path for some reason, fail silently
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_criticalSettingsPath) || !File.Exists(_criticalSettingsPath))
{
return(new Dictionary <string, string>(0));
}
var criticalConfiguration = SystemConfigurationHelper.GetExeConfiguration(_criticalSettingsPath);
return(SystemConfigurationHelper.GetSettingsValues(criticalConfiguration, settingsClassType));
}
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ApplicationCriticalSettingsProvider"/> class.
/// </summary>
public ApplicationCriticalSettingsProvider()
{
try
{
var baseAppConfig = SystemConfigurationHelper.GetExeConfiguration().FilePath;
#if DEBUG
const string vshostExeConfigExtension = ".vshost.exe.config";
if (baseAppConfig.EndsWith(vshostExeConfigExtension, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
{
baseAppConfig = string.Format("{0}.exe.config", baseAppConfig.Substring(0, baseAppConfig.Length - vshostExeConfigExtension.Length));
}
#endif
_criticalSettingsPath = Path.ChangeExtension(baseAppConfig, "critical.config");
}
catch (Exception)
{
// SystemConfigurationHelper.GetExeConfiguration() will throw exception when used in ASP.NET
// Use the default filename instead.
_criticalSettingsPath = Path.Combine(Platform.InstallDirectory, _defaultConfigFilename);
}
}