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  • Chriztian Steinmeier 2726 posts 8320 karma points MVP 4x admin c-trib
    Mar 30, 2015 @ 10:22
    Chriztian Steinmeier
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    How to access a setting from a custom .config (XML) file?

    Hi all,

    I have a SiteSettings.config file in the Config/ folder that looks something like this:

    <SiteSettings siteName="TheGames">
    <DeploymentKeys>
        <headlessWarrior>Ned Stark</headlessWarrior>
    </DeploymentKeys>
    <!-- etc. -->
</SiteSettings>

    I'd like to read the value of the headlessWarrior element from a Partial View - what's the correct way to do that?

    (I can read it pretty easily from an XSLT macro with the document() function but I have no idea how to go about grabbing it from a Razor view.)

    /Chriztian

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  • Alex Skrypnyk 5908 posts 22603 karma points MVP 4x admin c-trib
    Mar 30, 2015 @ 12:06
    Alex Skrypnyk
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    Hi Chriztian,

    You can read file as xml doc and parse it like that : 

    System.Xml.Linq.XDocument doc = System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Parse(strValue);


var solutiuonValue = (

            from f in doc.Elements().FirstOrDefault().Descendants().Where(x => x.Name.Equals("headlessWarrior"))

            select f).FirstOrDefault();

    Thanks, Alex

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  • Chriztian Steinmeier 2726 posts 8320 karma points MVP 4x admin c-trib
    Mar 30, 2015 @ 12:15
    Chriztian Steinmeier
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    Hi Alex,

    Thanks - I did think about something like that, though I'd much prefer XPath to get the value :)

    The Parse() method won't work with a URL, I guess? Looks like there's a Load() method I can use - if it allows loading a .config file from the Config/ folder...

    /Chriztian

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  • Justin 19 posts 163 karma points
    Apr 20, 2015 @ 00:50
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    Hi Alex,

    Can't you use standard asp.net configuratioManager to retrieve appSettings?

    var warrior = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["headlessWarrior"];

    You will need to add a reference to System.Configuration to get to this extension.

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  • Chriztian Steinmeier 2726 posts 8320 karma points MVP 4x admin c-trib
    Apr 20, 2015 @ 07:57
    Chriztian Steinmeier
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    Hi Justin,

    The settings are in a custom .config file (custom XML format too) so I don't think the ConfigurationManager would know how to access those settings, unless it has some configuration settings of its own that could teach it how to parse that file...?

    /Chriztian

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