Configuration System

[Guest]

Hi,
I Know that if there is any change to web.config file there is no need to
restart the application
but how does aspnet tracks this information
i understand that aspnet caches the web.config file during the first request
and uses it for high performance
so this tracking of web.config is possible
pls reply at the earliest

thanks

 

[Karl Seguin]

Dinesh:
I honestly don't know the exact mechanism ASP.Net uses for Web.Config.

However, the .Net framework has a FileSystemWatcher which lets you pick up
changes to files, take a look at:
http://www.csharphelp.com/archives2/archive377.html

Karl


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[Scott Allen]

I imagine it puts a watch on the file, like with
System.IO.FileSystemWatcher.

 

[Patrice]

AFAIK it uses a Windows API that catch "updates" to the file system. This
API is also exposed as Managed classes (FileSystemWatcher).

Patrice

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

Yes, and it also does that for :

Machine.config
Files in the Bin directory of an ASP.NET application
Cache dependency files

 

[Kevin Spencer]

FileSystemWatcher.

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[Guest]

Thanks all
That makes sense

Dinesh:
I honestly don't know the exact mechanism ASP.Net uses for Web.Config.

However, the .Net framework has a FileSystemWatcher which lets you pick up
changes to files, take a look at:
http://www.csharphelp.com/archives2/archive377.html

Karl


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MY ASP.Net tutorials
http://www.openmymind.net/ - New and Improved (yes, the popup is
annoying)
http://www.openmymind.net/faq.aspx - unofficial newsgroup FAQ (more to
come!)