Update app.config system.net setting at runtime

Question

I need to update a setting in the system.net SectionGroup of a .Net exe app.config file at runtime. I don\'t have write access to the original config file at runtime (I am d

Answer 1

using System.Configuration;

    public void save_new_connection()
    {

      string ConStrng = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings.ToString();
      ConnectionStringSettings conSetting = new ConnectionStringSettings();

      conSetting.ConnectionString="server=localho;UserId=root;password=mypass;database=night_anglecourier"; 
      conSetting.Name = "courier.Properties.Settings.night_anglecourierConnectionString";
      conSetting.ProviderName = "MySql.Data.MySqlClient";

      System.Configuration.Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

        ConnectionStringsSection conSettings = (ConnectionStringsSection)config.GetSection("connectionStrings");
        conSettings.ConnectionStrings.Remove(conSetting);
        conSettings.ConnectionStrings.Add(conSetting);

        config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified);
        ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection(config.AppSettings.SectionInformation.Name);


    }