c# - Change connection string & reload app.config at run time

Question

When I change the connection string using this code, it does not reload app.config at runtime. I expected it to reload similarly to how we reload app.config.

config.ConnectionStrings.ConnectionStrings["JVVNL_NEW.Properties.Settings.JVVNL_NEWConnectionString1"].ConnectionString = ConString;
config.ConnectionStrings.ConnectionStrings["CMS_NEW.Properties.Settings.JVVNL_NEWConnectionString1"].ConnectionString = ConString;
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified,true);
ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection(config.ConnectionStrings.SectionInformation.SectionName);

Answer 1

Had to do this exact thing. This is the code that worked for me:

var config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
var connectionStringsSection = (ConnectionStringsSection)config.GetSection("connectionStrings");
connectionStringsSection.ConnectionStrings["Blah"].ConnectionString = "Data Source=blah;Initial Catalog=blah;UID=blah;password=blah";
config.Save();
ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection("connectionStrings");