self-defined nodes in web.config

It's boring and confused when we always insert nodes in appSettings. so let's defined ourselves nodes in Web.config

 

first:  we add new node in configSections. for example,  we add a new node StandardReports.

 

<configSections>
 <section name="StandardReports" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler"/>
</configSections>

 

in configSections, there two type nodes: one is declared section and the other declared sectionGroup. sectionGroup could contain several sections and sectionGroups 

 

second,  we add new items in our new node.

<configuration>
     <StandardReports>
          <add key="CategoryKPI" value="Rpt_CategoryKPI" />
     </StandardReports>
</configuration>

 

 

third, we get values such as this:

NameValueCollection config = (NameValueCollection)ConfigurationSettings.GetConfig("StandardReports");

string str = config["CategoryKPI"];