[Mono-list] Reading application settings from web.config file

[Andrus Moor]

I have VS generated web.config file which contains application settings:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
 <configSections>
...
 <applicationSettings>
  <MyApp.Service.Properties.Settings>
   <setting name="Server" serializeAs="String">
    <value>myserver.com</value>
   </setting>
  </MyApp.Service.Properties.Settings>
 </applicationSettings>
</configuration>

I need to get Server value in main web application asmx web service.
Under asp.net

Properties.Settings.Default.Server

returns correct value. Under mono 2.4 + mod_mono it returns
Server property default value as specified in VS generated code.

How to obtain Server value from web.config in Mono ?

I need also to get Server property value from an assembly called by this 
asmx web service.
I tried code below but got exception

web.config does not contain appsettings

I verifed that rootWebConfig1.FilePath points to correct file web.config 
file.
How to read application setting from application root web.config file from 
child assembly ?

Andrus.

 public string Server
        {
            get
            {

   System.Configuration.Configuration rootWebConfig1 =
    System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration("~");
                // rootWebConfig1.FilePath points to correct file.
                if (0 < rootWebConfig1.AppSettings.Settings.Count)
                {
                    System.Configuration.KeyValueConfigurationElement
customSetting =
                        rootWebConfig1.AppSettings.Settings["Server"];
                    if (null != customSetting)
                        return customSetting.Value;
                    else
                        throw new ArgumentException("No Server application
string");
                }
                throw new ArgumentException("web.config does not contain
appsettings");
}}


web.config contents:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
 <configSections>
  <sectionGroup name="system.web.extensions"
type="System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebExtensionsSectionGroup,
System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
   <sectionGroup name="scripting"
type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions,
Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
    <section name="scriptResourceHandler"
type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingScriptResourceHandlerSection,
System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false"
allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
    <sectionGroup name="webServices"
type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingWebServicesSectionGroup,
System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
     <section name="jsonSerialization"
type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingJsonSerializationSection,
System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false"
allowDefinition="Everywhere"/>
     <section name="profileService"
type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingProfileServiceSection,
System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false"
allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
     <section name="authenticationService"
type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingAuthenticationServiceSection,
System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false"
allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
     <section name="roleService"
type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingRoleServiceSection,
System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false"
allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
    </sectionGroup>
   </sectionGroup>
  </sectionGroup>
  <sectionGroup name="applicationSettings"
type="System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsGroup, System,
Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >
   <section name="Eeva.Service.Properties.Settings"
type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=2.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false"
/>
  </sectionGroup>
 </configSections>
 <appSettings/>
 <connectionStrings/>
 <system.web>

...
 <applicationSettings>
   <setting name="Server" serializeAs="String">
    <value>localhost</value>
   </setting>
  </MyApp.Service.Properties.Settings>
 </applicationSettings>
</configuration>