read custom config file in asp.net

Question

How do I read connection strings from custom config file (say abc.config) using WebConfigurationManager from asp.net's C# code?

Configuration conf = WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration("~/abc.config");

This doesn't seem to work.

Answer 1

I dont think you can read it with webconfigurationmanager. you will have read like any xml file as it is an xml file

public static string GetSingleValue(string strXPathExpression, string strAttributeName)
        {
            XmlNode node = GetNode(strXPathExpression);
            if (node != null)
            {
                XmlAttribute attribute = node.Attributes[strAttributeName];
                if (attribute != null)
                    return attribute.Value;
            }

            return string.Empty;


        }