Hi,
I am trying to encrypt Configuration Information Using Protected Configuration in Visual Studio 2010.
I have
the following info speicifed in
the App.Config file:
<connectionStrings configProtectionProvider="TheProviderName">
<EncryptedData>
<CipherData>
<CipherValue>VALUE GOES HERE</CipherValue>
</CipherData>
</EncryptedData>
</connectionStrings>
<appSettings configProtectionProvider="TheProviderName">
<EncryptedData>
<CipherData>
<CipherValue>VALUE GOES HERE</CipherValue>
</CipherData>
</EncryptedData> </appSettings>
However, when I then go to
the Settings area of
the Projects Properties to view
the settings in
the Designer, I get prompted with
the following error "An error occured while reading
the App.config file.
The file might be corrupted or contain invalid XML." I understand that my changes are causing
the error, however, is there anyway I can bypass that
the information is not read into at design view? (Of course
the best way would be to make
the tags be recognized by
the designer, is there any way to do this?) I tried adding
<connectionStrings configProtectionProvider="TheProviderName" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0">
to connectionStrings as well as to
the appSettings, but with no luck,
the intellisense is bypassed in
the config file, but
the designer still complains. I would be satisfied if
the designer would not complain about this "error", which is not actually an error because Microsoft states here that it should work.
ASP.NET 2.0 provides a new feature, called protected configuration, that enables you to encrypt sensitive information in a configuration file. Although primarily designed for ASP.NET, protected configuration can also be used to encrypt configuration file sections in Windows applications. For a detailed description of
the new protected configuration capabilities, see Encrypting Configuration Information Using Protected Configuration.
And yes, it does work to encrypt it and to decrypt it and use it, it is just very annoying and frustrating that
the designer complains about it. Anyone who knows which xsd file that is used (if used) to verify
the contents of
the App.config file in
the design view?
Any help appreciated.
