If you use one server to develop your applications and another to deploy them, you probably have to change your database connection settings each time you deploy your configuration files. Learn a quick fix for this problem.

ASP.NET 2.0 enables you to encrypt portions of your configuration file. You can pick a section in your Web.config file to encrypt and then decrypt.

Explores this helpful technique presented by Wrox author Stefan Schackow for working in ASP.NET in multiple environments from testing, to staging, to live, to backup servers.

Changes to the .NET configuration file are not available in the application until a new application domain is started. This behavior can be a real headache when you need to read changed configuration settings. Learn what your options are for achieving this with minimal pain.

A new namespace in the upcoming 2.0 release of the Microsoft .NET Framework adds support for some very useful network-related items. Explores some of these new items and how you can use them to your advantage.

Learn about using application configuration files in Microsoft .NET and the concept of application configuration files and the native support the Microsoft .NET Framework provides.

A C# configuration file reader that focuses on being quick and doesn't depend on the data residing in memory for a long time.

A C# Configuration File Reader that doesn't use the Win32 API functions.