Hi!
I also noticed that there is not app.config file in windows mobile. Found this solution on the web. I created a class called ConfigurationManager.cs. Create an xmlfile called appname.exe.config. In the config file place your xml as usual.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="Connstring" value="put your connection string here" />
</appSettings>
</configuration>
In the code just use:
string conn = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("Connstring");
Here's the code for the ConfigurationManager class.
public static class ConfigurationManager
{
#region Private Members
private static NameValueCollection appSettings = new NameValueCollection();
private static string configFile;
#endregion
#region Public Properties
/// <summary>
/// Gets configuration settings in the appSettings section.
/// </summary>
public static NameValueCollection AppSettings
{
get
{
return appSettings;
}
}
#endregion
#region Constructors
/// <summary>
/// Static constructor.
/// </summary>
static ConfigurationManager()
{
// Determine the location of the config file
ConfigurationManager.configFile = String.Format("{0}.config", System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase);
// Ensure configuration file exists
if (!File.Exists(ConfigurationManager.configFile))
{
throw new FileNotFoundException(String.Format("Configuration file ({0}) could not be found.", ConfigurationManager.configFile));
}
// Load config file as an XmlDocument
XmlDocument myXmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
myXmlDocument.Load(ConfigurationManager.configFile);
// Add keys and values to the AppSettings NameValueCollection
foreach (XmlNode appSettingNode in myXmlDocument.SelectNodes("/configuration/appSettings/add"))
{
ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Add(appSettingNode.Attributes["key"].Value, appSettingNode.Attributes["value"].Value);
}
}
#endregion
#region Public Methods
/// <summary>
/// Saves changes made to the configuration settings.
/// </summary>
public static void Save()
{
// Load config file as an XmlDocument
XmlDocument myXmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
myXmlDocument.Load(ConfigurationManager.configFile);
// Get the appSettings node
XmlNode appSettingsNode = myXmlDocument.SelectSingleNode("/configuration/appSettings");
if (appSettingsNode != null)
{
// Remove all previous appSetting nodes
appSettingsNode.RemoveAll();
foreach (string key in AppSettings.AllKeys)
{
// Create a new appSetting node
XmlElement appSettingNode = myXmlDocument.CreateElement("add");
// Create the key attribute and assign its value
XmlAttribute keyAttribute = myXmlDocument.CreateAttribute("key");
keyAttribute.Value = key;
// Create the value attribute and assign its value
XmlAttribute valueAttribute = myXmlDocument.CreateAttribute("value");
valueAttribute.Value = AppSettings[key];
// Append the key and value attribute to the appSetting node
appSettingNode.Attributes.Append(keyAttribute);
appSettingNode.Attributes.Append(valueAttribute);
// Append the appSetting node to the appSettings node
appSettingsNode.AppendChild(appSettingNode);
}
}
// Save config file
myXmlDocument.Save(ConfigurationManager.configFile);
}
#endregion
}
