Pointing to registry from Web.config file

[Adnan Selimovic]

Hi folks! I have Framework 1.0 installed and I would like to point to
registry from my Web.config file:

<connectionString>
<add key="password" value="registry:HKLM\Software\Foo,password" />
<add key="userID" value="registry:HKLM\Software\Foo,userID" />
<add key="initialCatalog"
value="registry:HKLM\Software\Foo,initialCatalog" />
<add key="dataSource" value="registry:HKLM\Software\Foo,dataSource" />
<add key="integratedSecurity"
value="registry:HKLM\Software\Foo,integratedSecurity" />
</connectionString>

When I read the values using the ConfigurationSettings.GetConfig method I
get the value entered in the config file and not the one in the registry.
Do I need to have a patch mentioned in the KB 329259 to have this work?

Cheers,

Adnan

 

[Peter O'Reilly]

Configuration.GetConfig method reads the contents of the web.config file.
If you want to read from the Windows registry, you will need to implement
your own code.