Change connection string & reload app.config at run time

Question

When I change the connection string using this code, it does not reload app.config at runtime. I expected it to reload similarly to how we reload app.conf

Answer 1

You can also refresh the configuration in it's entirety:

ConnectionStringSettings importToConnectionString = currentConfiguration.ConnectionStrings.ConnectionStrings[newName];

if (importToConnectionString == null)
{
    importToConnectionString = new ConnectionStringSettings();
    importToConnectionString.ConnectionString = importFromConnectionString.ConnectionString;
    importToConnectionString.ProviderName = importFromConnectionString.ProviderName;
    importToConnectionString.Name = newName;
    currentConfiguration.ConnectionStrings.ConnectionStrings.Add(importToConnectionString);
}
else
{
    importToConnectionString.ConnectionString = importFromConnectionString.ConnectionString;
    importToConnectionString.ProviderName = importFromConnectionString.ProviderName;
}

Properties.Settings.Default.Reload();