more values in one section of app.config

Hi

I want tu use an app.config like the example below. The problem is, that i
don't know how many Action-Tags there will be, because this can be changed
by the user. When using
System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.GetConfig("IncomingActions/action
") I can access the config file, but get only the values of the Last
Action-Tag.


Does someone know, how to implement that using the app.config file?

Thanks

Patrick





<configSections>

<sectionGroup name="IncomingActions">

<section name="action"
type="System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler" />

</sectionGroup>

</configSections>

<IncomingActions>

<action From="Value11" Message="value two1" Command="third value1"
Confirm="y" />

<action From="Value21" Message="value two2" Command="third value2"
Confirm="y" />

<action From="Value31" Message="value two3" Command="third value3"
Confirm="y" />

<action From="Value41" Message="value two4" Command="third value4"
Confirm="y" />

</IncomingActions>

Hi Patrick,

I would suggest you put those config settings in another XML file, so you
can parse it and create a collection ( or maybe a Hashtable ) to contain
them.
You can create a class Config with a static constructor ( to be sure it will
be called before you use this class ) from where you load/parse the config.

Then you can have properties ( I suggest static too ) that you have access
to the settings.


Hope this help,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

"Patrick" <patrick911@bluemail.ch> wrote in message
news:1065104230.245248@fuchs.cyberlink.ch...
> Hi
>
> I want tu use an app.config like the example below. The problem is, that i
> don't know how many Action-Tags there will be, because this can be changed
> by the user. When using
>
System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.GetConfig("IncomingActions/action
> ") I can access the config file, but get only the values of the Last
> Action-Tag.
>
>
> Does someone know, how to implement that using the app.config file?
>
> Thanks
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
>
>
> <configSections>
>
> <sectionGroup name="IncomingActions">
>
> <section name="action"
> type="System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler" />
>
> </sectionGroup>
>
> </configSections>
>
> <IncomingActions>
>
> <action From="Value11" Message="value two1" Command="third value1"
> Confirm="y" />
>
> <action From="Value21" Message="value two2" Command="third value2"
> Confirm="y" />
>
> <action From="Value31" Message="value two3" Command="third value3"
> Confirm="y" />
>
> <action From="Value41" Message="value two4" Command="third value4"
> Confirm="y" />
>
> </IncomingActions>
>
>

Patrick,
In addition to Ignacio's suggestion of creating "another XML" file.

You can actually do this with a single XML file the app.config itself.

The trick is, instead of defining IncomingActions as a sectionGroup with a
nested SingleTagSectinoHandler. You define IncomingActions as a custom
Configuration Section Handler. You do this by implementing the
System.Configuration.IConfigurationSectionHandler interface, then using the
XML dom parse the XML Node.

I would have the IncomingActions handler return a collection of Action
objects.

I do not have a link to a handy sample right now. If you need one post and I
will try to find the links to the two or three I found earlier.

Hope this helps
Jay

"Patrick" <patrick911@bluemail.ch> wrote in message
news:1065104230.245248@fuchs.cyberlink.ch...
> Hi
>
> I want tu use an app.config like the example below. The problem is, that i
> don't know how many Action-Tags there will be, because this can be changed
> by the user. When using
>
System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.GetConfig("IncomingActions/action
> ") I can access the config file, but get only the values of the Last
> Action-Tag.
>
>
> Does someone know, how to implement that using the app.config file?
>
> Thanks
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
>
>
> <configSections>
>
> <sectionGroup name="IncomingActions">
>
> <section name="action"
> type="System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler" />
>
> </sectionGroup>
>
> </configSections>
>
> <IncomingActions>
>
> <action From="Value11" Message="value two1" Command="third value1"
> Confirm="y" />
>
> <action From="Value21" Message="value two2" Command="third value2"
> Confirm="y" />
>
> <action From="Value31" Message="value two3" Command="third value3"
> Confirm="y" />
>
> <action From="Value41" Message="value two4" Command="third value4"
> Confirm="y" />
>
> </IncomingActions>
>
>

Hi

Instead of defining you section type as :
type="System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler


use the following :
type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler

Then use the getCongig function that return a
NameValueColection an all value will be then retrive from
the section.

U can then browse the desired item of the collection and
process accordingly.

That works really fine, I am doing it like that for my app
config file whcih have different section group

regards
serge

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>I want tu use an app.config like the example below. The
problem is, that i
>don't know how many Action-Tags there will be, because
this can be changed
>by the user. When using
>System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.GetConfig
("IncomingActions/action
>") I can access the config file, but get only the values
of the Last
>Action-Tag.
>
>
>Does someone know, how to implement that using the
app.config file?
>
>Thanks
>
>Patrick
>
>
>
>
>
><configSections>
>
> <sectionGroup name="IncomingActions">
>
> <section name="action"
>type="System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler" />
>
> </sectionGroup>
>
></configSections>
>
><IncomingActions>
>
> <action From="Value11" Message="value two1"
Command="third value1"
>Confirm="y" />
>
> <action From="Value21" Message="value two2"
Command="third value2"
>Confirm="y" />
>
> <action From="Value31" Message="value two3"
Command="third value3"
>Confirm="y" />
>
> <action From="Value41" Message="value two4"
Command="third value4"
>Confirm="y" />
>
></IncomingActions>
>
>
>.
>

so there is no way to make this with the usual config stuff.... for the
other i have already my own xml-config reader, for complexer settings, but
okay, thanks for that hint


"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us>
schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:%23TpBJUPiDHA.2452@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi Patrick,
>
> I would suggest you put those config settings in another XML file, so you
> can parse it and create a collection ( or maybe a Hashtable ) to contain
> them.
> You can create a class Config with a static constructor ( to be sure it
will
> be called before you use this class ) from where you load/parse the
config.
>
> Then you can have properties ( I suggest static too ) that you have
access
> to the settings.
>
>
> Hope this help,
>
> --
> Ignacio Machin,
> ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
> Florida Department Of Transportation
>
> "Patrick" <patrick911@bluemail.ch> wrote in message
> news:1065104230.245248@fuchs.cyberlink.ch...
> > Hi
> >
> > I want tu use an app.config like the example below. The problem is, that
i
> > don't know how many Action-Tags there will be, because this can be
changed
> > by the user. When using
> >
>
System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.GetConfig("IncomingActions/action
> > ") I can access the config file, but get only the values of the Last
> > Action-Tag.
> >
> >
> > Does someone know, how to implement that using the app.config file?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > <configSections>
> >
> > <sectionGroup name="IncomingActions">
> >
> > <section name="action"
> > type="System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler" />
> >
> > </sectionGroup>
> >
> > </configSections>
> >
> > <IncomingActions>
> >
> > <action From="Value11" Message="value two1" Command="third value1"
> > Confirm="y" />
> >
> > <action From="Value21" Message="value two2" Command="third value2"
> > Confirm="y" />
> >
> > <action From="Value31" Message="value two3" Command="third value3"
> > Confirm="y" />
> >
> > <action From="Value41" Message="value two4" Command="third value4"
> > Confirm="y" />
> >
> > </IncomingActions>
> >
> >
>
>