How to read system value from web.config and use in ASP.NET MVC C# method

Question

I\'m working on a ASP.NET MVC3 web application (not written by me) which has a max upload size of 100MB. Now this web application gets installed on server machines for customers

Answer 1

Try:

var config = System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration("/")
var section = (System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebSectionGroup)config.GetSectionGroup("system.web")
var maxRequestLength = section.HttpRuntime.MaxRequestLength