Section may appear only once in Web.Config File [Answered]RSS

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  uroosa

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  Section may appear only once in Web.Config File

  Oct 20, 2013 07:12 AM|uroosa|LINK

  Hello,

  I want to define more than one section inside sectionGroup.Its my config section

  <configSections>
  <sectionGroup name="CredentialsGroup">
  <section name="Credentials"
  type="CustomConfiguration.CredentialsSection"
  allowDefinition="Everywhere"
  allowLocation="true"
  />
  </sectionGroup>
  </configSections>

  I have this format of section

  <CredentialsGroup>
  <Credentials>

  
  <company name="Carolina" userid="abc" password="abc"></company>
  <file name="dfbf0f94-767e-4c71-b4ee-2dc05fb76e3c.csv"
  url="https://e.brightree.net/Home/Filecsv"></file>
  
  <company name="Asbury" userid="dd" password="dd"></company>
  <file name="dfbf0f94-767e-4c71-b4ee-2dc05fb76e3c.csv"
  url="https://e.brightree.net/Home/File.csv"></file>

  
  </Credentials>

  </CredentialsGroup>

  
  

  and this is my customconfiguration class

  public class CredentialsSection: ConfigurationSection
  {
  [ConfigurationProperty("company",IsRequired=true)]

  public CompanyElement Company
  {
  get {

  return (CompanyElement)this["company"];
  }

  set
  {
  this["company"] = value;
  }
  
  }

  
  [ConfigurationProperty("file",IsRequired=true)]

  public FileElement File
  {
  get
  {

  return (FileElement)this["file"];
  }

  set
  {
  this["file"] = value;
  }

  }

  
  }

  public class CompanyElement : ConfigurationElement
  {
  [ConfigurationProperty("name",IsRequired=true)]

  public string Name
  {
  get {

  return (string)this["name"];
  }

  set
  {
  this["name"] = value;
  }
  
  }

  [ConfigurationProperty("userid", IsRequired = true)]

  public string UserId
  {
  get
  {

  return (string)this["userid"];
  }

  set
  {
  this["userid"] = value;
  }

  }

  [ConfigurationProperty("password", IsRequired = true)]

  public string Password
  {
  get
  {

  return (string)this["password"];
  }

  set
  {
  this["password"] = value;
  }

  }
  
  
  }

  public class FileElement : ConfigurationElement
  {

  [ConfigurationProperty("name", IsRequired = true)]

  public string Name
  {
  get
  {

  return (string)this["name"];
  }

  set
  {
  this["name"] = value;
  }

  }

  [ConfigurationProperty("url",IsRequired=true)]
  
  public string Url
  {
  get
  {
  return (string)this["url"];
  }
  set {
  this["url"] = value;
  
  }

  }
  
  }

  I want a format like the one I've defined in web.config file. 'Company' and 'File' nodes should be siblings and extraction of nodes will be conditional dependent on companyname like

  ConfigurationManager.GetSection("CredentialsGroup/Credentials/company['name']=" + companyName);

  
  

  but its not allowing me to define multiple section...Please Help

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  Angie xu - M...

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  Re: Section may appear only once in Web.Config File

  Oct 21, 2013 11:05 PM|Angie xu - MSFT|LINK

  Hi uroosa

  We can use ConfigurationManager.GetSection method to retrieve a specified configuration section for the current application's default configuration. You can create custom configuration sections using ConfigurationSection,

    AppSettingsSection appSettingSection = (AppSettingsSection)config.GetSection(sectionName);  // Get the AppSettings section.

  Here are some related reference for your information:

  # ConfigurationManager.GetSection Method 

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.configuration.configurationmanager.getsection(v=vs.110).aspx 

  # How to: Create Custom Configuration Sections Using ConfigurationSection

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2tw134k3.aspx

  hope it helps,

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