Configuration / Collection problem

[Rab]

Hi everyone

I`m having a problem extracting some values from an app.config file.
I`m storing a collection of name value pairs in the config file, and
retreiving them using a custom handler that implements
IConfigurationSectionHandler. It works fine, except my data is such
that I need to be able to retrieve it in the same order that it is
stored, and some of the pairs have the same names. Obviously a
Hashtable cant handle this, so I need find an object which can accept
these values for use in the app.

Any ideas?

Many thanks

 

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Rab,
Rather then use a HashTable, have you considered using a
System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection?

Or deriving your own from
System.Collections.Specialized.NameObjectCollectionBase?

Hope this helps
Jay