How to parse web.config file in c#

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I have web.config file from some application. It is located in some random location. I have to parse this web.config file (get all keys names and values). I tried to use ConfigurationManager class in order to get those data however, it throws exception when I try to get some Sections (Configuration->GetSection('section name')). It throws exception because I do not have dll that this section points to (because I have only web.config not whole application). It seems that GetSection method check underlying dll in order to get more info, but I just need value (name of dll).

What can I do, to turn off this mechanism, do you know other simple solutions to get it done ?

have a look at this post. seems this is what your are looking for stackoverflow.com/questions/4738/… — ajay_whiz
– ajay_whiz, Commented Aug 10, 2010 at 7:11

Strelok · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-10 07:05:28Z

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You are just going to have to use XmlDocument or XDocument (3.5) to parse the file.

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AakashM · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-10 07:05:34Z

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If you just want to read the text, and not do any web.config-specific processing, use the fact that a .config file is XML, and use your favourite usual way of reading and parsing XML.

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Gavin · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-10 07:05:56Z

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Web.Config files are just XML and an be read using a number of .Net XML objects. Below are a couple of methods.

Tutorial on reading an XML file using XmlTextReader http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307548

Tutorial on reading an XML file using LinqToSQL http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1524

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