I have a project based on the Chris Hammond, Christoc, module template. I have a ton of code that I use to access data an external database. In my repositories I change the database from the default to whichever I need for that particular object. I do so with code that looks like this:
using (IDataContext ctx = DataContext.Instance(MyModuleSettingsBase.DATABASE_CONNECTION_STRING_KEY))
{
var rep = ctx.GetRepository<Product>();
products = rep.Get().ToList();
}
The default database is switched in the call to .Instance(). The repositories are used by my custom DNN modules. The repository is part of the solution that contains multiple custom modules. When I compile and install using the Extensions part of DNN, everything works well. In the code above, MyModuleSettingsBase.DATABASE_CONNECTION_STRING_KEY is found in a file MyModuleSettingsBase.cs file of my module solution. It is set to a simple string like "ProductDatabase". In the solution for the base DNN install (not the module solution), within the web.config file, there is a value in <connectionStrings> with name="ProductDatabase" which contains the actual connection string. This all links up fine on the DNN website.
Now I am writing a console application that does some monitoring of the site. I want to access the database to check values in the product table. I would like to reuse all of the repository code I have written. In an attempt to do so, I added a reference to the MyModules.dll file so I would only have one copy of the base code. This works to give me access to all the objects and the associated repositories but when I attempt to query data it fails. When debugging I can see that it fails on the line:
using (IDataContext ctx = DataContext.Instance(MyModuleSettingsBase.DATABASE_CONNECTION_STRING_KEY))
When viewed in a debugger, the string value MyModuleSettingsBase.DATABASE_CONNECTION_STRING_KEY is correctly set to "ProductDatabase" but the code is unable to link this with the actual connection string. I don't know where it would be checking for the connections string when running from my console application. I attempted to put a <connectionStrings> section into my App.config file but this didn't do the trick.
Is it possible to have MyModuleSettingsBase.DATABASE_CONNECTION_STRING_KEY map to the connection string in an external application which references the DLL?
If so, where can I set the value of my connection string so it matches up to the key value stored in MyModuleSettingsBase.DATABASE_CONNECTION_STRING_KEY?
I was faced similar problem 3 months ago, at that time I want to use DNN core libraries in my console application but I was failed.
I placed my queries in DNN official forum website and I got a valid response from Wes Tatters (DNN MVP).
Here is the post link: Reference URL
As your requirement of monitoring, I suggest you to create DNN Schedule Application. You can schedule it within DNN (Host->AdvancedSettings->Schedule), even good point is that you can use your repositories (DNN Libraries) in that schedule application.
I hope it solved your problem. Let me know if you have any questions.
i have a webapi project that uses cache library.I am using cache duration key that is used inside cache library.My question is what is the standard practice where should i put Cache duration key,from Where to pick the value of cache duration, inside appconfig of cache library or from web.config of webapi?
The web.config is the place to go in a web application. There's no such thing as app.config in an ASP.NET application. You could always build some mechanism to load configuration data from custom places but the first place a developer would look for such things is the web.config.
I want to have a global variable at application level, now the thing is that the variable must not be in side Application_Start since it will be sustainable to IISRESET for getting updated. Is there any way to maintain a global variable at application level which can be updated without IISRESET.
There are three options,
Web.Config - where you can store custom application specific settings
Going back to db and store the settings and load on application reset or initial load.
Store in ASP.NET Cache/Enterprise library cache.
What is the best practice to store application settings (such as user name and password, database location ...) in C# ?
Hint: I am new to .net and C#
Application Configuration Settings that are application wide (non-user specific) belong in either app.config (for Desktop apps) or web.config (for Web apps).
Encrypting sections of a web.config file is quite simple as outlined in this Super Simple Example.
If you need to store User specific settings (like application settings, etc.) or Application wide settings not related to application configuration you can use a Settings file as described here:
User Settings in C#
I'm not sure what version of .net/Visual Studio it was introduced in, but you can right click on your project, choose 'Add New Item' and select 'Settings File' from the "Add New Item" window. This provides your project with a (named by default) Settings.settings file that you can configure all the settings you want to expose in.
You can define settings that you create to be either Application or User which means you can use this single interface to control global and user settings. Once you've created a setting in the Settings.settings file using the editor that Visual Studio provides, you can access it in code like this:
// Get a Setting value
var valueOfSetting1 = Settings1.Default.Setting1;
// Modify and save a Setting value
Settings1.Default.Setting1 = "New Value";
Settings1.Default.Save();
First option is the registry. It is easy, but it is not too safe for passwords. Another option is using a file that you create. This too isn't safe, unless you want to implement cryption.
Next option is using the Application Settings. This is also quite simple, but there are a few catches. First, right click on your project and go to Properties. There, under the Settings tab, you can store variables to which you can access from your program by
string password = Properties.Settings.Default.Password
You can also change them the same way, but ONLY IF the scope is set the User. WHen the scope is application-wide, VS does not allow you to change these variables for some odd reason. To save changes, you must call Save() as follows:
Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
These are saved in the User Data folder under C:\Documents and Settings\'Current User'\Local Settings\Application Data\
Another option would be to include them in your database, but since you are also storing your database location, this might not work for you.
I think app.config (non web app) or web.config (web app).
These sorts of settings usually land in Application Configuration Files (web.config, app.config).
http://www.devasp.net/net/articles/display/679.html
If you are storing passwords, you might also need to encrypt the configuration section in question.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/53tyfkaw.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff650304.aspx
Note if you use app.config, you will see it get renamed to ..config, depending on if your output produces a DLL or an EXE.
As with the above replies suggest, app.config or the web.config is the best place for app settings.
If you need a more robust way of xml style tags for database, server settings and the like, you can use the configurationSection and create custom sections.
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/CustomConfigurationSectio.aspx
For database passwords, the way i do it is have an encrypted string in the xml tag value and decrypt then when reading them, that way you dont expose the passwords.
appsettings config file, ini file(nini), embeddable database(sqlite,berkelydb/etc..),whatever method you like, it depends on your application size/performance consideration and design.
I have developed my own custom provider for the health monitoring; however, I use parameters in the constructor and this is not allowed when using the health monitoring from the web.config file.
Does anyone know if I can turn on/off the monitoring and have it watch properly through code (possibly in my global.asax file on application startup).
Or, is it possible for me to create my own watcher that will do the same thing as the health monitor.
Or, finally - can I just pass variables from the web.config setup (i'm not familiar with the public token part of the provider type declaration).
Thanks in advance
I don't know if there are any other better ideas out there... after a lot of reading and trying I ended up using parameters in the provider to pass information into a custom bufferedwebeventprovider.
If you create a custom provider and include the override Initialize(name, config) method then all of your parameters from your web.config file will come through the config param of the Initialize command. Then in the initialize command you can pull them off one by one (and remove them) before passing the rest of the config property to the base.Initialize method.
I used this to save and pull off connection string info, timeouts, custom id's, etc.
I would still like to know anyway to control the health monitoring without having all of the info in the web.config (mostly because this is a database driven website with multiple users and multiple different settings). I'll probably end up having a procedure within the custom provider to check settings and only record entries as needed based on each user's settings.
any other thoughts are very welcome!!