View source for Accessing Configuration Settings

[[Category:ASP.NET]]
[[Category:CSharp]]
[[Category:MVC]]

Use the '''ConfigurationManager''' from '''System.Configuration''' 

<pre class="brush:c-sharp">
var server = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FileServerName];

var modulesSection = ConfigurationManager.GetSection("system.web/httpModules") as HttpModulesSection;

var installedModules = modulesSection.Modules.Count;

</pre>

== Configuration Hierarchy ==

Each application inherits settings from higher level config files
* Machine.config
* Machine web.config
* Parent's web.config
* your web.config

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Check : [[Web Config Transform]]