Web.config - read applicationSettings

Question

I am using VS2015, C#.

I've created a couple of settings via project properties - settings. Some of them are saved here:

  <configSections>
    <sectionGroup name="applicationSettings" type="System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsGroup, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >
      <section name="Calendar.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
    </sectionGroup>
  </configSections>


<applicationSettings>
    <Calendar.Properties.Settings>
      <setting name="RedirectUriDEBUG" serializeAs="String">
        <value>https://localhost:44367/Login/RedirectGoogle</value>
      </setting>
      <setting name="RedirectUriPRODUKCIJA" serializeAs="String">
        <value>https://ztest30.franjobrekalo.com/Login/RedirectGoogle</value>
      </setting>
      <setting name="LogPathDEBUG" serializeAs="String">
        <value>C:\Users\Frenky\Desktop\AdministrationLog.txt</value>
      </setting>
      <setting name="LogPathPRODUKCIJA" serializeAs="String">
        <value>h:\root\home\frenkyb-001\www\administration\AdministrationLog.txt</value>
      </setting>
      <setting name="LogPathTEST" serializeAs="String">
        <value>h:\root\home\frenkyb-001\www\testnotes\AdministrationLog.txt</value>
      </setting>
    </Calendar.Properties.Settings>
  </applicationSettings>

ApplicationSettings section was generated by visual studio. Now I need to read from applicationSettings. I've tried numerous solutions, to my surprise, nothing worked. It seems that reading from appSettings is easy or from connectionStrings. Why is the problem with generated applicationSettings section?

EDIT:

Problem is with applicationSettings not with appSettings.

How exactly should I write this? I've tried with Properties.Settings.Default["LogPathDEBUG"] — FrenkyB, Jul 26 '16 at 10:13
is it helpful ? @System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["myKey"] — Sam khan, Jul 26 '16 at 10:14

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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You can use ConfigurationManager class.

Try: ConfigurationManager.AppSettings. For detailed info check out msdn.

EDIT: Check out this link once. It seems you cannot use inbuilt API's for ApplicationSettings. It only works for appSettings and connectionStrings. For your case you need to implement a custom class as explained in the above link.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

Community

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answered Jul 26 '16 at 10:24

Deepak

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 03 '18 at 13:57

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Look for the KEY 'RedirectUriDEBUG' in all your project code... and Visual Studio will find a reference...

It should be somtething like

global::[YOUR_PACKAGE_NAMESPACE].Properties.Settings.Default.[YOUR_KEY] Hope it helps

answered Oct 03 '18 at 13:57

user5541665

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 05 '21 at 14:17

For me, The answer was in this article: https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/four-ways-to-read-configuration-setting-in-c-sharp/

It shows how to use ConfigurationManager.GetSection method to get a NameValueCollection from applicationSettings

Example with custom section could be:

NameValueCollection PostSetting = ConfigurationManager.GetSection("BlogGroup/PostSetting") as NameValueCollection;

And with the default ApplicationSettings section:

NameValueCollection applicationSettings = ConfigurationManager.GetSection("ApplicationSettings") as NameValueCollection;

Web.config - read applicationSettings

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