Write into custom configsection in a configuration file from C#

Question

I have a configuration file like this:

<configSections>

    <section
        name="environmentVariables"
        type="System.Configuration.NameValueFileSectionHandler, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=234effdfsdfdf" />

</configSections>

<environmentVariables>
    <add key="xxx" value="yyyy" />
    <add key="zz" value="ddd" />
</environmentVariables>

I need to change the values of key "xxx" and "zz" during runtime from C#.

I have accessed the file using the code below:

string configPath = HttpContext.Server.MapPath("~/files/temp.config");
ExeConfigurationFileMap configFileMap = new ExeConfigurationFileMap();
configFileMap.ExeConfigFilename = configPath;
System.Configuration.Configuration config = 
    ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(configFileMap, ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

What is your config file ? Is it app.config or web.config or your own custom config (xml) file ? — cvraman, Jun 06 '14 at 09:14
its a custom config file at a particular location. I have updated the question.plz check — Neeno Xavier, Jun 06 '14 at 09:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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Here is the example:

Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(Application.ExecutablePath);
config.AppSettings.Settings.Add("YourKey", "YourValue");
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Minimal);

Source: Write values in app.config file

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Jun 06 '14 at 09:18

Marek

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This will add the value into .But I need to edit value in custom config section . In my case the . – Neeno Xavier Jun 06 '14 at 09:27
@NeenoXavier what about this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9774358/c-sharp-set-environment-variable ? – Marek Jun 06 '14 at 09:35
is just a name given to the section. It can be anything like – Neeno Xavier Jun 06 '14 at 09:40

Write into custom configsection in a configuration file from C#

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