I have a Xml doc similar (edited for here) to this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="applicationSettings" type="System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsGroup, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >
<section name="WebApptNotificationService.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<connectionStrings>
removed for questions
</connectionStrings>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
</startup>
<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<smtp deliveryMethod="SpecifiedPickupDirectory">
<specifiedPickupDirectory pickupDirectoryLocation="C:\test\"/>
</smtp>
</mailSettings>
<mailSettings>
<smtp from="xxxxx#xxxxxx.com">
<network host="mail.xxxxxxxx.com" enableSsl="true" password="xxxxxx" port="xxx" userName="xx#xxxxxxxx.com"/>
</smtp>
<smtp from="No.Reply#xxxxxxxxxx.org">
<network host="1stmsmail.xxxx.local" enableSsl="true" password="xxxxxxx" port="587" userName="ouruser"/>
</smtp>
</mailSettings>
</system.net>
<applicationSettings>
<WebApptNotificationService.Properties.Settings>
<setting name="ConfirmationInterval" serializeAs="String">
<value>60000</value>
</setting>
<setting name="EmailFromName" serializeAs="String">
<value>Test</value>
</setting>
<setting name="EmailFromAddress" serializeAs="String">
<value>mobile#xxxxx.com</value>
</setting>
<setting name="DaysBeforeReminder" serializeAs="String">
<value>2</value>
</setting>
<setting name="MinTextMinute" serializeAs="String">
<value>480</value>
</setting>
<setting name="MaxTextMinute" serializeAs="String">
<value>1200</value>
</setting>
</WebApptNotificationService.Properties.Settings>
</applicationSettings>
</configuration>
I am trying to read the values for using the following code:
private string parseXML(string name)
{
string returnVal = string.Empty;
XmlDocument xmlDoc = xmlFile.SettingXML;
//returnVal = xmlDoc.GetElementsByTagName(name).ToString();
XmlNode node = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("//configuration//applicationSettings//WebApptNotificationService.Properties.Settings//setting");
MessageBox.Show(node.ToString());
//returnVal = xmlDoc.DocumentElement.Name.(x => x.Element("Author"));
return returnVal;
}
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim xdoc As XDocument = XDocument.Load(FILENAME)
Dim versions As IEnumerable(Of XElement) = xdoc.Descendants("Version")
For Each version As XElement In versions
For Each trunk As XElement In version.Elements("Trunk")
Console.WriteLine(CType(trunk, String))
ComboBox1.Items.Add(CType(trunk, String))
Next trunk
For Each xEle As XElement In version.Elements("Branch")
Console.WriteLine(CType(xEle, String))
ComboBox2.Items.Add(CType(xEle, String))
Next xEle
Next version
End Sub
Now xmlFile.SettingXML is a class that is created from a config file. It is stored as a class. I want to get the values from the settings name, based on the name passed in. It appears though as if I am failing miserably. If someone could please point me to the correct way to handle this it would be very much appreciated.
Edit: Failing miserably as was pointed out doesn't describe this issue. Right now I am getting System.Xml.XmlElement in the Messagebox.
As you say Right now I am getting System.Xml.XmlElement in the Messagebox try use MessageBox.Show(node.InnerText) this wil get the inner text of the settings element (node object). If you display your node object in the message box it will call the ToString method on the object whits is System.Xml.XmlElement.
Whit XDocument you easily can do this:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string value = ParseXML("EmailFromAddress");
Console.WriteLine(value);
}
private static string ParseXML(string name)
{
// Load Document use 'XDocument.Parse' if you want to load the document from string
XDocument xmlDoc = XDocument.Load("C:\\t\\2.txt");
// Select element setting where name attribute is equal to name
var node = xmlDoc
.Descendants("WebApptNotificationService.Properties.Settings")
.Elements("setting")
.FirstOrDefault(x => (string) x.Attribute("name") == name);
return node.Value;
}
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I like to store a username and password to the user.config in my C# .net5 program. I don't want to store the password direct and I decided to decrypt the userSettings section.
After decryption parts of the file are missing.
Orginal user.config:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="userSettings" type="System.Configuration.UserSettingsGroup, System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51" >
<section name="FileUploader.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51" allowLocation="true" allowDefinition="Everywhere" allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser" overrideModeDefault="Allow" restartOnExternalChanges="true" requirePermission="false" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<userSettings>
<FileUploader.Properties.Settings>
<setting name="UserName" serializeAs="String">
<value>user</value>
</setting>
<setting name="Password" serializeAs="String">
<value>xyz</value>
</setting>
</FileUploader.Properties.Settings>
</userSettings>
</configuration>
After encryption:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="userSettings" type="System.Configuration.UserSettingsGroup, System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51" >
<section name="FileUploader.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51" allowLocation="true" allowDefinition="Everywhere" allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser" overrideModeDefault="Allow" restartOnExternalChanges="true" requirePermission="false" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<userSettings>
<FileUploader.Properties.Settings configProtectionProvider="DataProtectionConfigurationProvider">
<EncryptedData>
<CipherData>
<CipherValue>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</CipherValue>
</CipherData>
</EncryptedData>
</FileUploader.Properties.Settings>
</userSettings>
</configuration>
After decryption:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="userSettings" type="System.Configuration.UserSettingsGroup, System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51" >
<section name="FileUploader.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51" allowLocation="true" allowDefinition="Everywhere" allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser" overrideModeDefault="Allow" restartOnExternalChanges="true" requirePermission="false" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<userSettings>
<FileUploader.Properties.Settings>
<setting name="" serializeAs="String">
<value>xyz</value>
</setting>
</FileUploader.Properties.Settings>
</userSettings>
</configuration>
There is only the last entry and the name of the entry is missing. If I switch the order in the original file, I get "user" as the value.
The code to decrypt/encrypt (more or less a copy of an msdn example):
private void ProtectSettings()
{
// Get the application configuration file.
System.Configuration.Configuration config =
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
ConfigurationUserLevel.PerUserRoamingAndLocal);
// Define the Rsa provider name.
string provider = "DataProtectionConfigurationProvider";
string section = "userSettings/" + System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Name + ".Properties.Settings";
// Get the section to protect.
ConfigurationSection connStrings = config.GetSection(section);
if (connStrings != null)
{
if (!connStrings.SectionInformation.IsProtected)
{
if (!connStrings.ElementInformation.IsLocked)
{
// Protect the section.
connStrings.SectionInformation.ProtectSection(provider);
connStrings.SectionInformation.ForceSave = true;
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full);
Debug.WriteLine("Section {0} is now protected by {1}",
connStrings.SectionInformation.Name,
connStrings.SectionInformation.ProtectionProvider.Name);
}
else
Debug.WriteLine(
"Can't protect, section {0} is locked",
connStrings.SectionInformation.Name);
}
else
Debug.WriteLine(
"Section {0} is already protected by {1}",
connStrings.SectionInformation.Name,
connStrings.SectionInformation.ProtectionProvider.Name);
}
else
Debug.WriteLine("Can't get the section {0}", section);
}
private static void UnProtectSettings()
{
// Get the application configuration file.
System.Configuration.Configuration config =
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
ConfigurationUserLevel.PerUserRoamingAndLocal);
string section = "userSettings/" + System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Name + ".Properties.Settings";
// Get the section to unprotect.
ConfigurationSection connStrings = config.GetSection(section);
if (connStrings != null)
{
if (connStrings.SectionInformation.IsProtected)
{
if (!connStrings.ElementInformation.IsLocked)
{
// Unprotect the section.
connStrings.SectionInformation.UnprotectSection();
connStrings.SectionInformation.ForceSave = true;
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full);
Debug.WriteLine("Section {0} is now unprotected.",
connStrings.SectionInformation.Name);
}
else
Debug.WriteLine(
"Can't unprotect, section {0} is locked",
connStrings.SectionInformation.Name);
}
else
Debug.WriteLine(
"Section {0} is already unprotected.",
connStrings.SectionInformation.Name);
}
else
Debug.WriteLine("Can't get the section {0}", section);
}
After playing around with this for a while, I discovered that the issue comes from the ConfigurationSaveMode.Full option.
In both ProtectSettings() and UnProtectSettings(), instead of
connStrings.SectionInformation.ForceSave = true;
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full);
simply use:
config.Save();
I have no idea why that option leads to unwanted behavior.
I have this Q1.config file in my Console Application (.NET 4.5.2)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="globalKey" value="globalValue" />
</appSettings>
<configSections>
<section name="validations" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler" />
</configSections>
<validations>
<add key="validationKey" value="validationValue"/>
</validations>
</configuration>
I'm reading it like this
ExeConfigurationFileMap configFileMap = new ExeConfigurationFileMap { ExeConfigFilename = "Q1.config" };
Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(configFileMap, ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
ConfigurationSection validationSettings = config.GetSection("validations");
This works fine:
string globalValue = config.AppSettings.Settings["globalKey"].Value;
But how do I get my "validationKey"? I tried these but they don't work:
validationSettings["validationKey"]
validationSettings.Settings["validationKey"]
(config.GetSection("validations") as NameValueCollection)["validationKey"]
With the answer from #Karthik I ran into an issue... if I use ConfigurationManager.GetSection() I only get null. To get the section I have to use the config object returned by OpenMappedExeConfiguration. However, GetSection() in config isn't of type object as in ConfigurationManager, but DefaultSection from which I can't read the key value pairs, nor can I cast it to NameValueCollection. Browsing on the web I found this article with a solution that worked for me.
Basically extract the XML from the section and parse it manually with an XmlDoc.
public static NameValueCollection GetSectionSettings(string sectionToRead, string configPath)
{
if (!File.Exists(configPath)) { throw new ArgumentException($"File not found: {configPath}", nameof(configPath)); }
var fileMap = new ExeConfigurationFileMap() { ExeConfigFilename = configPath };
Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(fileMap, ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
string settingsXml = config.GetSection(sectionToRead).SectionInformation.GetRawXml();
XmlDocument settingsXmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
settingsXmlDoc.Load(new StringReader(settingsXml));
NameValueSectionHandler handler = new NameValueSectionHandler();
return handler.Create(null, null, settingsXmlDoc.DocumentElement) as NameValueCollection;
}
Here you go
Your XML configuration
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="validations" type="System.Configuration.AppSettingsSection" />
</configSections>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1" />
</startup>
<appSettings>
<add key="globalKey" value="globalValue" />
</appSettings>
<validations>
<add key="validationKey" value="validationValue"/>
</validations>
</configuration>
And you can get these values in C# using
ExeConfigurationFileMap configFileMap = new ExeConfigurationFileMap { ExeConfigFilename = "Q1.config" };
Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(configFileMap, ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
NameValueCollection validationSettings = (NameValueCollection)ConfigurationManager.GetSection("validations");
string globalValue = validationSettings[0];
I've used an index here validationSettings[0] to access the value. You can use your key to get the value
Thanks
Below is my try to use Memcache in a console application.
App.Config
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="enyim.com"/>
<section name="memcached" type="Enyim.Caching.Configuration.MemcachedClientSection,Enyim.Caching"/>
</configSections>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
</startup>
<enyim.com>
<memcached protocol="Binary">
<severs>
<add address="127.0.0.1" port="11211"/>
</severs>
</memcached>
</enyim.com>
</configuration>
C#
static void Main(string[] args)
{
DateTime dt = DateTime.Now;
try
{
using (MemcachedClient memcache = new MemcachedClient())
{
string cachedTime = memcache.Get<string>("CachedTime");
if (cachedTime == null)
{
memcache.Store(Enyim.Caching.Memcached.StoreMode.Set, "CachedTime", DateTime.Now.ToString());
cachedTime = memcache.Get<string>("CachedTime");
}
Console.WriteLine(cachedTime);
Console.WriteLine(dt);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
}
}
Every time the value of cachedDate is NULL
Change App.Config to the following and it should work:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="enyim.com">
<section name="memcached" type="Enyim.Caching.Configuration.MemcachedClientSection, Enyim.Caching" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
</startup>
<enyim.com>
<memcached>
<servers>
<add address="127.0.0.1" port="11211" />
</servers>
<socketPool minPoolSize="10" maxPoolSize="100" connectionTimeout="00:00:10" deadTimeout="00:02:00" />
</memcached>
</enyim.com>
</configuration>
I have a self hosted Rest Service and users are reporting getting 413 errors when uploading large images. It works with smaller strings
The images are being sent as a base64 encoded string.
I have a feeling it is something to do with a default limit that I need to increase from some other threads I have read.
But I have been unable to work out what an where I need to add the configuration?
Do I need to add it to the App.config?
This is my current App.config:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="userSettings" type="System.Configuration.UserSettingsGroup, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >
<section name="Service.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser" requirePermission="false" />
<section name="HttpApiService.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser" requirePermission="false" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
</startup>
<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30ad4fe6b2a6aeed" culture="neutral" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-6.0.0.0" newVersion="6.0.0.0" />
</dependentAssembly>
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>
<userSettings>
<Service.Properties.Settings>
<setting name="URL" serializeAs="String">
<value>https://localhost:8083/</value>
</setting>
</Service.Properties.Settings>
<HttpApiService.Properties.Settings>
<setting name="URL" serializeAs="String">
<value>https://localhost:8083/</value>
</setting>
</HttpApiService.Properties.Settings>
</userSettings>
</configuration>
I have the feeling it is something along the lines of:
<system.serviceModel>
<webHttpBinding>
<binding
maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647"
maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"
maxBufferSize="2147483647" transferMode="Streamed">
</binding>
</webHttpBinding>
But wherever I try to add that section into my app.config I get an error.
Can anyone tell me how to solve this 413 problem in a self hosted service?
I believe this is the answer...
_config.MaxReceivedMessageSize = 5242880; // 5mb
_config.MaxBufferSize = 5242880; // 5mb
In the following:
namespace HttpApiService
{
public partial class HttpApiService : ServiceBase
{
private HttpSelfHostServer _server;
//private readonly HttpSelfHostConfiguration _config; // http
private readonly MyHttpsSelfHostConfiguration _config; // https
public string ServiceAddress = Settings.Default.URL;
public HttpApiService()
{
InitializeComponent();
_config = new MyHttpsSelfHostConfiguration(ServiceAddress);
_config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
_config.Routes.MapHttpRoute("DefaultApi", "{controller}/{id}", new { id = RouteParameter.Optional });
// added these to solve the upload size problem
_config.MaxReceivedMessageSize = 5242880; // 5mb
_config.MaxBufferSize = 5242880; // 5mb
}
protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
EventLog.WriteEntry("HttpApiService started.");
_server = new HttpSelfHostServer(_config);
_server.OpenAsync();
}
protected override void OnStop()
{
EventLog.WriteEntry("HttpApiService stopped.");
_server.CloseAsync().Wait();
_server.Dispose();
}
class MyHttpsSelfHostConfiguration : HttpSelfHostConfiguration
{
public MyHttpsSelfHostConfiguration(string baseAddress) : base(baseAddress) { }
public MyHttpsSelfHostConfiguration(Uri baseAddress) : base(baseAddress) { }
protected override BindingParameterCollection OnConfigureBinding(HttpBinding httpBinding)
{
httpBinding.Security.Mode = HttpBindingSecurityMode.Transport;
//Console.WriteLine("https is on");
return base.OnConfigureBinding(httpBinding);
}
}
}
}
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:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="MyCustomSections">
<section name="CustomSection" type="CustomSectionTest.CustomSection,CustomSection"/>
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<MyCustomSections>
<CustomSection key="Default"/>
</MyCustomSections>
</configuration>
CustomSection.cs
namespace CustomSectionTest
{
public class CustomSection : ConfigurationSection
{
[ConfigurationProperty("key", DefaultValue="Default", IsRequired = true)]
[StringValidator(InvalidCharacters = "~!##$%^&*()[]{}/;'\"|\\", MinLength = 1, MaxLength = 60)]
public String Key
{
get { return this["key"].ToString(); }
set { this["key"] = value; }
}
}
}
When I use this code to retrieve Section I get an error saying configuration error.
var cf = (CustomSection)System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection("CustomSection");
What am I missing?
Thanks.
Edit
What I need ultimately is
<CustomConfigSettings>
<Setting id="1">
<add key="Name" value="N"/>
<add key="Type" value="D"/>
</Setting>
<Setting id="2">
<add key="Name" value="O"/>
<add key="Type" value="E"/>
</Setting>
<Setting id="3">
<add key="Name" value="P"/>
<add key="Type" value="F"/>
</Setting>
</CustomConfigSettings>
App.config:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="customAppSettingsGroup">
<section name="customAppSettings" type="System.Configuration.AppSettingsSection, System.Configuration, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<customAppSettingsGroup>
<customAppSettings>
<add key="KeyOne" value="ValueOne"/>
<add key="KeyTwo" value="ValueTwo"/>
</customAppSettings>
</customAppSettingsGroup>
</configuration>
Usage:
NameValueCollection settings =
ConfigurationManager.GetSection("customAppSettingsGroup/customAppSettings")
as System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection;
if (settings != null)
{
foreach (string key in settings.AllKeys)
{
Response.Write(key + ": " + settings[key] + "<br />");
}
}
Try using:
var cf = (CustomSection)System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection("MyCustomSections/CustomSection");
You need both the name of the section group and the custom section.
Highlight ConfigurationSection press F1,
You will see that the implementation on the MSDN website overrides a property called "Properties" which returns a "ConfigurationPropertyCollection", as your properties have a matching attribute of that type you should be able to populate this collection with your properties if not wrap them in the same way the MS guys have.