Custom config section: Could not load file or assembly

Question

I\'m having a very hard time trying to access a custom configuration section in my config file.

The config file is being read from a .dll that is loaded as a plug-in

Answer 1

I tried AJ's answer, with rileywhite's supplement but I found that did not work for me.

In my scenario, the custom ConfigurationSection class was already in the currently-executing assembly, and trying to load it causes a stack overflow. I also did not want to put it in GAC even though it did resolve the problem as reported by the OP.

In end, I found this to work well enough for my purpose. Maybe others will find it useful:

public class CustomConfigurationSection : ConfigurationSection {
  public CustomConfigurationSection()
  {
    var reader = XmlReader.Create();
    reader.ReadToDescendant("CustomConfigurationSection");
    base.DeserializeElement(reader,false);
  }

  // 
}