where am i being called from? (web.config)

[suzy]

hello,

how do i check from my c# class if it is being called from a asp.net
application or a windows application?

i have some code that reads from the web.config file for webapps, but i want
to default the values to something else if there is no web.config (ie:
windows).

any ideas? thanks.

[Peter Rilling]

First, a desktop application can also have a config file that looks the same
as a web.config file, so simply the lack of a web.config does not indicate
that it is not a website. (Your application normally does not care where
the config settings came from -- app.config or web.config -- as long as it
has the same structure.)

You might try checking the HttpContext.Cur rent property. If it is null,
then it is probably not a website.
"suzy" <su**@spam.co m> wrote in message
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hello,

how do i check from my c# class if it is being called from a asp.net
application or a windows application?

i have some code that reads from the web.config file for webapps, but i want to default the values to something else if there is no web.config (ie:
windows).

any ideas? thanks.

[John Saunders]

"suzy" <su**@spam.co m> wrote in message
news:Bl******** *********@docto r.cableinet.net ...

hello,

how do i check from my c# class if it is being called from a asp.net
application or a windows application?

i have some code that reads from the web.config file for webapps, but i want to default the values to something else if there is no web.config (ie:
windows).

any ideas? thanks.

Instead of reading from web.config explicitly, why not use
System.Configur ation.Configura tionSettings.Ap pSettings? It will return
settings from whichever config file is appropriate.
--
John Saunders
John.Saunders at SurfControl.com

[suzy]

thanks guys. why didn't i think of that!!! :)
"Peter Rilling" <pe***@nospam.r illing.net> wrote in message
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First, a desktop application can also have a config file that looks the same as a web.config file, so simply the lack of a web.config does not indicate
that it is not a website. (Your application normally does not care where
the config settings came from -- app.config or web.config -- as long as it
has the same structure.)

You might try checking the HttpContext.Cur rent property. If it is null,
then it is probably not a website.
"suzy" <su**@spam.co m> wrote in message
news:Bl******** *********@docto r.cableinet.net ...

hello,

how do i check from my c# class if it is being called from a asp.net
application or a windows application?

i have some code that reads from the web.config file for webapps, but i

want

to default the values to something else if there is no web.config (ie:
windows).

any ideas? thanks.