How to specify the path to the web.config file

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Hi

I want to read the network settings from the web config file and i ended up getting the exception as shown below I have atached the code with this pl tell me how to specify the path of the web.config file

C#

public void sendEmail()
    {
        string strConfigPath = Server.MapPath("~/LeaveManagementSystem_30_01_2012");
        Configuration configurationFile = WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(strConfigPath);
        MailSettingsSectionGroup mailSettings = configurationFile.GetSectionGroup("system.net/mailSettings") as MailSettingsSectionGroup;
        if (mailSettings != null)
        {
            int port = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Port;
            string host = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Host;
            string password = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Password;
            string username = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.UserName;
        }
    }

Web.config file:

C#

<system.net>
    <mailSettings>
      <smtp from="abinav@kcubeconsulting.com">
        <network host="smtp.bizmail.yahoo.com" port="25" userName="Asd@yahoo.com" password="Password" defaultCredentials="true" />
      </smtp>
    </mailSettings>

  </system.net>

Exception:

'E:\Abinav\Leave_management_system_30_01_2012\LeaveManagementSystem_30_01_2012\LeaveManagementSystem_30_01_2012' is not a valid virtual path.

Posted 30-Jan-12 1:01am

Shashwath7

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manognya kota · Answer 1 · 2012-01-30T01:08:00

Hi,

Try the below code,

C#

Configuration configurationFile = WebConfigurationManager
    .OpenWebConfiguration("~/web.config");
MailSettingsSectionGroup mailSettings = configurationFile
    .GetSectionGroup("system.net/mailSettings") as MailSettingsSectionGroup;
if (mailSettings != null)
{
    int port = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Port;
    string host = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Host;
    string password = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.Password;
    string username = mailSettings.Smtp.Network.UserName;
}

or can also use,

Configuration configurationFile = WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(Request.ApplicationPath);

Hope this helps.