ConfigurationFile Class

public class ConfigurationFile

Public Class ConfigurationFile

public ref class ConfigurationFile

type ConfigurationFile = class end

GSF.Configuration.ConfigurationFile = function();

Type.createClass(
	'GSF.Configuration.ConfigurationFile');

using System;
using System.Configuration;
using GSF;
using GSF.Configuration;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // Get the application config file.
        ConfigurationFile config = ConfigurationFile.Current;

        // Get the sections of config file.
        CategorizedSettingsElementCollection startup = config.Settings["Startup"];
        CategorizedSettingsElementCollection passwords = config.Settings["Passwords"];
        CategorizedSettingsElementCollection monitoring = config.Settings["Monitoring"];
        KeyValueConfigurationCollection appSettings = config.Configuration.AppSettings.Settings;
        ConnectionStringSettingsCollection connStrings = config.Configuration.ConnectionStrings.ConnectionStrings;

        // Add settings to the config file under the "appSettings" section.
        appSettings.Add("SaveSettingOnExit", true.ToString());
        // Add settings to the config file under the "connectionStrings" section.
        connStrings.Add(new ConnectionStringSettings("DevSql", "Server=SqlServer;Database=Sandbox;Trusted_Connection=True"));
        // Add settings to the config (if they don't exist) under a custom "monitoring" section.
        monitoring.Add("RefreshInterval", 5, "Interval in seconds at which the Monitor screen is to be refreshed.");
        monitoring.Add("MessagesSnapshot", 30000, "Maximum messages length to be displayed on the Monitor screen.");
        // Add password to the config file encrypted (if it doesn't exist) under a custom "passwords" section.
        passwords.Add("Admin", "Adm1nP4ss", "Password used for performing administrative tasks.", true);
        // Add user-scope setting to the config (if it doesn't exist) under a custom "startup" section.
        startup.Add("Theme", "Default", "Application theme to use for the session.", false, SettingScope.User);
        config.Save();  // Save settings to the config file.

        // Read saved settings from the config file.
        bool saveSettingsOnExit = appSettings["SaveSettingOnExit"].Value.ParseBoolean();
        string devConnectionString = connStrings["DevSql"].ConnectionString;
        string appTheme = startup["Theme"].Value;
        string adminPassword = passwords["Admin"].Value;
        int refreshInterval = monitoring["RefreshInterval"].ValueAsInt32();
        int messagesSnapshot = monitoring["MessagesSnapshot"].ValueAsInt32();

        // Print the retrieved settings to the console.
        Console.WriteLine("SaveSettingOnExit = {0}", saveSettingsOnExit);
        Console.WriteLine("DevSql = {0}", devConnectionString);
        Console.WriteLine("Theme = {0}", appTheme);
        Console.WriteLine("Admin = {0}", adminPassword);
        Console.WriteLine("RefreshInterval = {0}", refreshInterval);
        Console.WriteLine("MessagesSnapshot = {0}", messagesSnapshot);

        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="categorizedSettings" type="GSF.Configuration.CategorizedSettingsSection, GSF.Core" />
  </configSections>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="SaveSettingOnExit" value="True" />
  </appSettings>
  <categorizedSettings>
    <startup>
      <add name="Theme" value="Default" description="Application theme to use for the session."
        encrypted="false" scope="User" />
    </startup>
    <passwords>
      <add name="Admin" value="C+0j6fE/N0Q9b5xaeDKgvRmSeY9zJkO1EQCr7cHoG3x24tztlbBB54PfWsuMGXc/"
        description="Password used for performing administrative tasks."
        encrypted="true" />
    </passwords>
    <monitoring>
      <add name="RefreshInterval" value="5" description="Interval in seconds at which the Monitor screen is to be refreshed."
        encrypted="false" />
      <add name="MessagesSnapshot" value="30000" description="Maximum messages length to be displayed on the Monitor screen."
        encrypted="false" />
    </monitoring>
  </categorizedSettings>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="DevSql" connectionString="Server=SqlServer;Database=Sandbox;Trusted_Connection=True" />
  </connectionStrings>
</configuration>