System.Configuration Namespace

Specifies that an application settings property has a common value for all users of an application. This class cannot be inherited.

Acts as a base class for deriving concrete wrapper classes to implement the application settings feature in Window Forms applications.

Represents a grouping of related application settings sections within a configuration file. This class cannot be inherited.

Provides a method for reading values of a particular type from the configuration.

Provides configuration system support for the appSettings configuration section. This class cannot be inherited.

Provides dynamic validation of an object.

Specifies a CallbackValidator object to use for code validation. This class cannot be inherited.

Represents a group of user-scoped application settings in a configuration file.

Represents a collection of string elements separated by commas. This class cannot be inherited.

Converts a comma-delimited string value to and from a CommaDelimitedStringCollection object. This class cannot be inherited.

Represents a configuration file that is applicable to a particular computer, application, or resource. This class cannot be inherited.

Represents the base class to be extended by custom configuration builder implementations.

Maintains a collection of ConfigurationBuilder objects by name.

Represents a group of configuration elements that configure the providers for the <configBuilders> configuration section.

Provides programmatic access to the <configBuilders> section. This class can't be inherited.

Declaratively instructs .NET to create an instance of a configuration element collection. This class cannot be inherited.

The base class for the configuration converter types.

Represents a configuration element within a configuration file.

Represents a configuration element containing a collection of child elements.

Specifies the property of a configuration element. This class cannot be inherited.

The exception that is thrown when a configuration error has occurred.

The exception that is thrown when a configuration system error has occurred.

Defines the configuration file mapping for the machine configuration file.

Represents a location element within a configuration file.

Contains a collection of ConfigurationLocationCollection objects.

Contains a collection of locked configuration objects. This class cannot be inherited.

Provides access to configuration files for client applications. This class cannot be inherited.

Provides a permission structure that allows methods or classes to access configuration files.

Creates a ConfigurationPermission object that either grants or denies the marked target permission to access sections of configuration files.

Represents an attribute or a child of a configuration element. This class cannot be inherited.

Declaratively instructs .NET to instantiate a configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.

Represents a collection of configuration-element properties.

Represents a section within a configuration file.

Represents a collection of related sections within a configuration file.

Represents a group of related sections within a configuration file.

Represents a collection of ConfigurationSectionGroup objects.

Provides runtime versions 1.0 and 1.1 support for reading configuration sections and common configuration settings.

Serves as the base class for the System.Configuration validator attribute types.

Acts as a base class for deriving a validation class so that a value of an object can be verified.

Wraps the corresponding XmlDocument type and also carries the necessary information for reporting file-name and line numbers.

Represents a single, named connection string in the connection strings configuration file section.

Contains a collection of ConnectionStringSettings objects.

Provides programmatic access to the connection strings configuration-file section.

Encapsulates the context information that is associated with a ConfigurationElement object. This class cannot be inherited.

Represents a basic configuration-section handler that exposes the configuration section's XML for both read and write access.

Specifies the default value for an application settings property.

Provides validation of an object. This class cannot be inherited.

Provides key/value pair configuration information from a configuration section.

Provides a ProtectedConfigurationProvider object that uses the Windows data protection API (DPAPI) to encrypt and decrypt configuration data.

Contains meta-information about an individual element within the configuration. This class cannot be inherited.

Defines the configuration file mapping for an .exe application. This class cannot be inherited.

Manages the path context for the current application. This class cannot be inherited.

Converts between a string and an enumeration type.

Provides the configuration setting for International Domain Name (IDN) processing in the Uri class.

Provides a wrapper type definition for configuration sections that are not handled by the System.Configuration types.

Provides a legacy section-handler definition for configuration sections that are not handled by the System.Configuration types.

Converts between a string and the standard infinite or integer value.

Converts between a string and the standard infinite TimeSpan value.

Provides validation of an Int32 value.

Declaratively instructs .NET to perform integer validation on a configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.

Provides the configuration setting for International Resource Identifier (IRI) processing in the Uri class.

Contains a collection of KeyValueConfigurationElement objects.

Represents a configuration element that contains a key/value pair.

Provides persistence for application settings classes.

Provides validation of an Int64 value.

Declaratively instructs .NET to perform long-integer validation on a configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.

Contains a collection of NameValueConfigurationElement objects. This class cannot be inherited.

A configuration element that contains a String name and String value. This class cannot be inherited.

Provides access to a configuration file. This type supports the .NET configuration infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Provides name/value-pair configuration information from a configuration section.

Specifies that a settings provider should disable any logic that gets invoked when an application upgrade is detected. This class cannot be inherited.

Provides validation of a TimeSpan object. This class cannot be inherited.

Declaratively instructs .NET to perform time validation on a configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.

Contains meta-information on an individual property within the configuration. This type cannot be inherited.

Contains a collection of PropertyInformation objects. This class cannot be inherited.

Provides access to the protected-configuration providers for the current application's configuration file.

The base class to create providers for encrypting and decrypting protected configuration data.

Provides a collection of ProtectedConfigurationProvider objects.

Provides programmatic access to the configProtectedData configuration section. This class cannot be inherited.

Represents a group of configuration elements that configure the providers for the <configProtectedData> configuration section.

Represents the configuration elements associated with a provider.

Represents a collection of ProviderSettings objects.

Provides validation of a string based on the rules provided by a regular expression.

Declaratively instructs .NET to perform string validation on a configuration property using a regular expression. This class cannot be inherited.

Provides a ProtectedConfigurationProvider instance that uses RSA encryption to encrypt and decrypt configuration data.

Represents an element in a SchemeSettingElementCollection class.

Represents a collection of SchemeSettingElement objects.

Contains metadata about an individual section within the configuration hierarchy. This class cannot be inherited.

Represents a custom settings attribute used to associate settings information with a settings property.

Provides data for the SettingChanging event.

Represents a simplified configuration element used for updating elements in the configuration. This class cannot be inherited.

Contains a collection of SettingElement objects. This class cannot be inherited.

Represents a collection of key/value pairs used to describe a configuration object as well as a SettingsProperty object.

Provides the base class used to support user property settings.

Provides contextual information that the provider can use when persisting settings.

Provides a string that describes an individual configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.

Provides a string that describes an application settings property group. This class cannot be inherited.

Specifies a name for application settings property group. This class cannot be inherited.

Provides data for the SettingsLoaded event.

Specifies special services for application settings properties. This class cannot be inherited.

Used internally as the class that represents metadata about an individual configuration property.

Contains a collection of SettingsProperty objects.

Provides an exception for read-only SettingsProperty objects.

Provides an exception for SettingsProperty objects that are not found.

Contains the value of a settings property that can be loaded and stored by an instance of SettingsBase.

Contains a collection of settings property values that map SettingsProperty objects to SettingsPropertyValue objects.

Provides an exception that is thrown when an invalid type is used with a SettingsProperty object.

Acts as a base class for deriving custom settings providers in the application settings architecture.

Specifies the settings provider used to provide storage for the current application settings class or property. This class cannot be inherited.

Represents a collection of application settings providers.

Specifies the serialization mechanism that the settings provider should use. This class cannot be inherited.

Contains the XML representing the serialized value of the setting. This class cannot be inherited.

Handles configuration sections that are represented by a single XML tag in the .config file.

Indicates that an application settings property has a special significance. This class cannot be inherited.

Provides validation of a string.

Declaratively instructs .NET to perform string validation on a configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.

Validates that an object is a derived class of a specified type.

Declaratively instructs .NET to perform validation on a configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.

Converts a time span expressed in minutes.

Converts a TimeSpan expressed in minutes or as a standard infinite time span.

Converts a time span expressed in seconds.

Converts a TimeSpan expressed in seconds or as a standard infinite time span.

Provides validation of a TimeSpan object.

Declaratively instructs .NET to perform time validation on a configuration property. This class cannot be inherited.

Converts between type and string values. This class cannot be inherited.

Represents the Uri section within a configuration file.

Specifies that an application settings group or property contains distinct values for each user of an application. This class cannot be inherited.

Represents a grouping of related user settings sections within a configuration file. This class cannot be inherited.

Converts a string to its canonical format.

Defines extended capabilities for client-based application settings providers.

Handles the access to certain configuration sections.

Provides standard configuration methods.

Defines standard functionality for controls or libraries that store and retrieve application settings.

Provides an interface for defining an alternate application settings provider.

Specifies the locations within the configuration-file hierarchy that can set or override the properties contained within a ConfigurationSection object.

Specifies the locations within the configuration-file hierarchy that can set or override the properties contained within a ConfigurationSection object.

Specifies the type of a ConfigurationElementCollectionType object.

Specifies the options to apply to a property.

Determines which properties are written out to a configuration file.

Used to specify which configuration file is to be represented by the Configuration object.

Specifies the override behavior of a configuration element for configuration elements in child directories.

Specifies the level in the configuration hierarchy where a configuration property value originated.

Provides values to indicate which services should be made available to application settings.

Determines the serialization scheme used to store application settings.

Specifies the special setting category of a application settings property.

Represents the method that will handle the SettingChanging event.

Represents the method that will handle the SettingsLoaded event.

Represents the method that will handle the SettingsSaving event.

Represents a method to be called after the validation of an object.