Add values to app.config and retrieve them

Question

I need to insert key value pairs in app.Config as follows:

<configuration>  <appSettings>     <add key="Setting1" value="Value1" />     <add key="Setting2" value="Value2" />  </appSettings> </configuration> 

When I searched in google I got the following code snippet

System.Configuration.Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None); // Add an Application Setting.  config.AppSettings.Settings.Add("ModificationDate",                DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString() + " ");  // Save the changes in App.config file.  config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified); 

The above code is not working as ConfigurationManager is not found in System.Configuration namespace I'm using .NET 2.0. How to add key-value pairs to app.Config programatically and retrieve them?

Answer 1

Are you missing the reference to System.Configuration.dll? ConfigurationManager class lies there.

EDIT: The System.Configuration namespace has classes in mscorlib.dll, system.dll and in system.configuration.dll. Your project always include the mscorlib.dll and system.dll references, but system.configuration.dll must be added to most project types, as it's not there by default...

Answer 2

This works:

public static void AddValue(string key, string value) {     Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(Application.ExecutablePath);     config.AppSettings.Settings.Add(key, value);     config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Minimal); }