Reading a custom ".config" file programmatically

[Diffident]

Hello All,

I have created my own custom configuration file. I would like to know about
API available to read that config file. Since config file is nothing but an
XML file, I could definitetly use the XML Dom API. But are there any other
options because I see that for example to read a setting called as
"Connectionstring" in web.config we use .......
System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSett ings["ConnectionString"];
Similarly how can I use this to read from a custom config file?

Thanks for suggestions!!!

[Curt_C [MVP]]

Diffident wrote:

Hello All,

I have created my own custom configuration file. I would like to know about
API available to read that config file. Since config file is nothing but an
XML file, I could definitetly use the XML Dom API. But are there any other
options because I see that for example to read a setting called as
"Connectionstring" in web.config we use .......
System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSett ings["ConnectionString"];
Similarly how can I use this to read from a custom config file?

Thanks for suggestions!!!

Create a custom class called MyConfig and simply parse in the
"settings", as you mentioned they are just XML, then you can simply
point to YourApp.MyConfig.blah for the value. Use a simple Get/Set to
access.

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