Programmaticaly edit web.config

[Guest]

I want to edit a web.confgi file Programmaticaly. I can´t use the
System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Add
becuase the web.config file i want to edit does belongs to another web site.

I have no problems open the web.config-file as stream or XMLDocument.Load,
but as sone as I try to save web.config it says "cannot save.. because the
file is used by another process" or something like that. I guess that the IIS
is "holding" the file.
Though when you open web.config in Notepad and save it works fine.

What´s the difference between the two way?

Regards Erik Juhlin

 

[Kevin Spencer]

When a .Net application uses a config file, it locks it, preventing it from
being changed. This behavior will change in .Net 2.0 for some types of
configuration elements.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Paranoia is just a state of mind.

 

[Guest]

But why does it work with Notepad? Can I do some
Win32 API complicated stuff to make it work?