Configuration.SaveAs Method (String, ConfigurationSaveMode)
Writes the configuration settings contained within this Configuration object to the specified XML configuration file.
Assembly: System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)
Parameters
- filename
-
Type:
System.String
The path and file name to save the configuration file to.
- saveMode
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Type:
System.Configuration.ConfigurationSaveMode
A ConfigurationSaveMode value that determines which property values to save.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ConfigurationErrorsException | The configuration file could not be written to. - or - The configuration file has changed. |
The SaveAs method persists configuration settings in the Configuration object to a new file based on the saveMode parameter.
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.
Available since 2.0