Web.Config, Custom Section!

I'm trying to store something like this in my web.config file:

<authInfoGroup>
<authInfo UserId="uid1" Passport="pwd1" Expiry="" />
<authInfo UserId="uid2" Passport="pwd2" Expiry="" />
</authInfoGroup>
To do so, I've created the following section in my web.config:

<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="authInfoGroup">
<section name="authInfo"
type="System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler , System,
Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"/>
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>

However, this fails and here's the error desc.:

Sections must only appear once per config file. See the help topic
<location> for exceptions

However, I need to keep the above-mentioned data in my web.config file; and
obviously, there are always more than one authInfo that I'm going to keep.

Any idea?

Thanks in advance,
Mehdi

[Scott M.]

Change:

<authInfoGroup>
<authInfo UserId="uid1" Passport="pwd1" Expiry="" />
<authInfo UserId="uid2" Passport="pwd2" Expiry="" />
</authInfoGroup>
To:

<appSettings>
<add key="uid1" value="pwd1,"" />
<add key="uid2" value="pwd2,"" />
</appSettings>
Then, to retrieve the values in another file:

Dim UserInfo as string =
System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSett ings("uid1")

You could then use various string methods to parse the value for the
password and/or expiration.

<me************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OI**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... I'm trying to store something like this in my web.config file:

<authInfoGroup>
<authInfo UserId="uid1" Passport="pwd1" Expiry="" />
<authInfo UserId="uid2" Passport="pwd2" Expiry="" />
</authInfoGroup>
To do so, I've created the following section in my web.config:

<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="authInfoGroup">
<section name="authInfo"
type="System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler , System,
Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"/>
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>

However, this fails and here's the error desc.:

Sections must only appear once per config file. See the help topic
<location> for exceptions

However, I need to keep the above-mentioned data in my web.config file;
and
obviously, there are always more than one authInfo that I'm going to keep.

Any idea?

Thanks in advance,
Mehdi

This is the fast solution, but I need the one I described. Any idea?

"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:e#**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Change:

<authInfoGroup>
<authInfo UserId="uid1" Passport="pwd1" Expiry="" />
<authInfo UserId="uid2" Passport="pwd2" Expiry="" />
</authInfoGroup>

To:

<appSettings>
<add key="uid1" value="pwd1,"" />
<add key="uid2" value="pwd2,"" />
</appSettings>
Then, to retrieve the values in another file:

Dim UserInfo as string =
System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSett ings("uid1")

You could then use various string methods to parse the value for the
password and/or expiration.

<me************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OI**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I'm trying to store something like this in my web.config file:

<authInfoGroup>
<authInfo UserId="uid1" Passport="pwd1" Expiry="" />
<authInfo UserId="uid2" Passport="pwd2" Expiry="" />
</authInfoGroup>
To do so, I've created the following section in my web.config:

<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="authInfoGroup">
<section name="authInfo"
type="System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler , System,
Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"/>
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>

However, this fails and here's the error desc.:

Sections must only appear once per config file. See the help topic
<location> for exceptions

However, I need to keep the above-mentioned data in my web.config file;
and
obviously, there are always more than one authInfo that I'm going to keep.
Any idea?

Thanks in advance,
Mehdi

[Scott M.]

I'm confused. Why do you "need" your solution, which doesn't work?

What is it about what I've showed you that won't work for you?

This is how you store user defined values in Web.Config and then retrieve
them.
<me************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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This is the fast solution, but I need the one I described. Any idea?

"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:e#**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Change:

> <authInfoGroup>
> <authInfo UserId="uid1" Passport="pwd1" Expiry="" />
> <authInfo UserId="uid2" Passport="pwd2" Expiry="" />
> </authInfoGroup>

To:

<appSettings>
<add key="uid1" value="pwd1,"" />
<add key="uid2" value="pwd2,"" />
</appSettings>
Then, to retrieve the values in another file:

Dim UserInfo as string =
System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSett ings("uid1")

You could then use various string methods to parse the value for the
password and/or expiration.

<me************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OI**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

> I'm trying to store something like this in my web.config file:
>
> <authInfoGroup>
> <authInfo UserId="uid1" Passport="pwd1" Expiry="" />
> <authInfo UserId="uid2" Passport="pwd2" Expiry="" />
> </authInfoGroup>
> To do so, I've created the following section in my web.config:
>
> <configSections>
> <sectionGroup name="authInfoGroup">
> <section name="authInfo"
> type="System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler , System,
> Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"/>
> </sectionGroup>
> </configSections>
>
> However, this fails and here's the error desc.:
>
> Sections must only appear once per config file. See the help topic
> <location> for exceptions
>
> However, I need to keep the above-mentioned data in my web.config file;
> and
> obviously, there are always more than one authInfo that I'm going to keep. >
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mehdi
>
>

[MJ]

Try

<authInfoGroup>
<authInfos>
<authInfo UserId="uid1" Passport="pwd1" Expiry="" />
<authInfo UserId="uid2" Passport="pwd2" Expiry="" />
</authInfos>
</authInfoGroup>

And

<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="authInfoGroup">
<section name="authInfos"
type="System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler , System,
Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"/>
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>

The code in your class that implements IConfigurationSectionHandler
should then be able to move through the XmlNode.ChildNodes
collection inspecting each <authInfo>.

Hope this helps.
<me************@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<OI**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...

I'm trying to store something like this in my web.config file:

<authInfoGroup>
<authInfo UserId="uid1" Passport="pwd1" Expiry="" />
<authInfo UserId="uid2" Passport="pwd2" Expiry="" />
</authInfoGroup>
To do so, I've created the following section in my web.config:

<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="authInfoGroup">
<section name="authInfo"
type="System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler , System,
Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"/>
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>

However, this fails and here's the error desc.:

Sections must only appear once per config file. See the help topic
<location> for exceptions

However, I need to keep the above-mentioned data in my web.config file; and
obviously, there are always more than one authInfo that I'm going to keep.

Any idea?

Thanks in advance,
Mehdi

[MJ]

Missed the significance of SingleTagSectionHandler and had thought
your were writing your on implementation of
IConfigurationSectionHandler(which might be an idea?).

But try this setup

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="myCustomSection"
type="System.Configuration.SingleTagHandler,
System, Version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
</configSections>

<myCustomSection mykey="myvalue" />
</configuration>

which comes from

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...et04222003.asp


sy******@hotmail.com (MJ) wrote in message news:<64**************************@posting.google. com>...

Try

<authInfoGroup>
<authInfos>
<authInfo UserId="uid1" Passport="pwd1" Expiry="" />
<authInfo UserId="uid2" Passport="pwd2" Expiry="" />
</authInfos>
</authInfoGroup>

And

<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="authInfoGroup">
<section name="authInfos"
type="System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler , System,
Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"/>
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>

The code in your class that implements IConfigurationSectionHandler
should then be able to move through the XmlNode.ChildNodes
collection inspecting each <authInfo>.

Hope this helps.
<me************@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<OI**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...

I'm trying to store something like this in my web.config file:

<authInfoGroup>
<authInfo UserId="uid1" Passport="pwd1" Expiry="" />
<authInfo UserId="uid2" Passport="pwd2" Expiry="" />
</authInfoGroup>
To do so, I've created the following section in my web.config:

<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="authInfoGroup">
<section name="authInfo"
type="System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler , System,
Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"/>
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>

However, this fails and here's the error desc.:

Sections must only appear once per config file. See the help topic
<location> for exceptions

However, I need to keep the above-mentioned data in my web.config file; and
obviously, there are always more than one authInfo that I'm going to keep.

Any idea?

Thanks in advance,
Mehdi