Question

I want to develop config editor for app.config files. That i swhy I need to have description
field in every record.
Is it possible to add additional field to configuration section appSettings?
For example:

<appSettings>
    <add key="Provider" description ="Data Provider Name" value="SqlServer"/>
...

When I do this then app catch exception here

System.Configuration.AppSettingsReader configurationAppSettings = new System.Configuration.AppSettingsReader();

Answer 1

Have you tried looking at ConfigurationSection? you may want to check this article in msdn. Create Custom Configuration Sections Using ConfigurationSection http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2tw134k3(v=vs.100).aspx