Questions tagged [custom-configuration]
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ConfigurationElementCollection and Linq
I've written some custom configuration collections, elements etc. Now, I'd like to do a simple Linq statement:
ServerDetails servers = ConfigurationManager.GetSection("serverDetails") as ServerDetails;
var server = from s in servers
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Moving a custom configuration group to a separate file
I've recently wrote a rather large custom configuration group. I'm curious if it is possible to move this configuration to a separate file via the following:
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Custom Config section in App.config C#
I'm a quite beginner with config sections in c#
I want to create a custom section in config file. What I've tried after googling is as the follows
Config file:
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How do I make my custom config section behave like a collection?
How would I need to write my custom ConfigurationSection so that it is both a section handler and a configuration element collection?
Normally, you have one class that inherits from ConfigurationSection, which then has a property that is of a type…

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How to read this custom configuration from App.config?
How to read this custom configuration from App.config?
Rather…

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ConfigurationElementCollection with a number of ConfigurationElements of different type
Is it possible to have a CollectionElementCollection with a number of different by type CollectionElements, e.g.:

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Unrecognized element exception with custom C# config
I have the following bits in App.config for a .NET 3.5 Windows Service:

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Is there any way to access the value of custom config section using the key as in AppSettings?
I have a customized config section in my web.config like this:
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Custom configuration files - Play! Framework 2.0
I have a question about loading properties from custom configuration files. I have tried
two different approaches to loading my oauth.properties file but I can't
get either to work so I'm hoping someone here can help me.
The first approach I tried…

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How to create nested custom configuration section in c#?
I need custom configuration in following way
I am not finding any example of how to do that.
Following comes very…

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TestNG: how do I run a custom TestNG.XML File programmatically
I browsed through several different threads and websites (as well as the TestNG API) looking for how to run and create custom tests. I haven't found (or not understood) how I can run a custom testng.xml (test suite) programmatically.
I have created…

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Recursive Custom Configuration in c#
I am trying to create a custom configuration section that follows the following recursive structure:
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Read web.config section to List
I have this in a web.config :
I'd like read the all section "MySection" and get all value to a List (ex…

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How to determine "ConfigurationElement" is available on "ConfigurationSection" custom configuration settings
I have written a custom configuration for my application but I am not getting proper way to determine if any ConfigurationElement not present in ConfigurationSection.
this is my custom configuration app.config code

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When is using the section preferable to a custom configuration section?
When creating my application's or library's configuration, I generally prefer using a custom configuration section over the section for the following reasons.
Framework serialization to a user-defined configuration object; each config…

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