Configuration.SaveAs Method (String)

 

Writes the configuration settings contained within this Configuration object to the specified XML configuration file.

Namespace:   System.Configuration
Assembly:  System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)

public void SaveAs(
	string filename
)

Parameters

filename
Type: System.String

The path and file name to save the configuration file to.

Exception Condition
ConfigurationErrorsException

The configuration file could not be written to.

- or -

The configuration file has changed.

The SaveAs method persists any configuration settings that have been modified since this Configuration object was created to a new file.

If a configuration file does not exist at the physical location represented by the

FilePath property, a new configuration file will be created to contain any settings that are different from the inherited configuration..

If the configuration file has changed since this Configuration object was created, a run-time error occurs.

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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