Configuration of Windows service

[Olegus]

I have Windows service MyService, that reads some settings from
MyService.exe.c onfig file via
ConfigurationMa nager.AppSettin gs["Setting_Key_Na me"]. I tried to write
small WinForm frontend app(called it Manager.exe) to manage settings
of MyService, but have problems with accessing MyService.exe.c onfig
from Manager app. I am getting this error:

"System.Configu ration.Configur ationElement.th is[System.Configur ation.Configura tionProperty]'
is inaccessible due to its protection level"

My Manager app has this code to open a service config and read values
from it:

// Open service configuration file
string exePath =
System.IO.Path. Combine(Environ ment.CurrentDir ectory,
"MyService.exe. config");
// Map to the application configuration file.
ExeConfiguratio nFileMap configFile = new
ExeConfiguratio nFileMap();
configFile.ExeC onfigFilename = exePath;
Configuration configServ =
ConfigurationMa nager.OpenMappe dExeConfigurati on(configFile,
ConfigurationUs erLevel.None);
string value = configServ.AppS ettings["CheckUpdateTim eout"];

I can read/write from/to Manager.exe.con fig but looks like it is
prohibited in .NET to work with another app's config files.
Is there a solution to my problem?

Thanks,
Olegus

[sloan]

See here:

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/forumpost...umpostid=85647

This is an alternate method to pull info from (~any) config file.


"Olegus" <ol*********@gm ail.comwrote in message
news:11******** **************@ 64g2000cwx.goog legroups.com...

I have Windows service MyService, that reads some settings from
MyService.exe.c onfig file via
ConfigurationMa nager.AppSettin gs["Setting_Key_Na me"]. I tried to write
small WinForm frontend app(called it Manager.exe) to manage settings
of MyService, but have problems with accessing MyService.exe.c onfig
from Manager app. I am getting this error:

"System.Configu ration.Configur ationElement.th is[System.Configur ation.Configu
rationProperty]'

is inaccessible due to its protection level"

My Manager app has this code to open a service config and read values
from it:

// Open service configuration file
string exePath =
System.IO.Path. Combine(Environ ment.CurrentDir ectory,
"MyService.exe. config");
// Map to the application configuration file.
ExeConfiguratio nFileMap configFile = new
ExeConfiguratio nFileMap();
configFile.ExeC onfigFilename = exePath;
Configuration configServ =
ConfigurationMa nager.OpenMappe dExeConfigurati on(configFile,
ConfigurationUs erLevel.None);
string value = configServ.AppS ettings["CheckUpdateTim eout"];

I can read/write from/to Manager.exe.con fig but looks like it is
prohibited in .NET to work with another app's config files.
Is there a solution to my problem?

Thanks,
Olegus

[Olegus]

Thanks for your answer, Sloan.

I changed OpenMappedExeCo nfiguration to OpenExeConfigur ation and it
works now. But I have a strong feeling that I use
OpenExeConfigur ation before and it did not work. Hmmmm. Weird.
On Mar 5, 4:49 pm, "sloan" <[e-mail] wrote:

See here:

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/forumpost...umpostid=85647

This is an alternate method to pull info from (~any) config file.

"Olegus" <oleg.gus...@gm ail.comwrote in message

news:11******** **************@ 64g2000cwx.goog legroups.com... I have Windows service MyService, that reads some settings from

MyService.exe.c onfig file via
ConfigurationMa nager.AppSettin gs["Setting_Key_Na me"]. I tried to write
small WinForm frontend app(called it Manager.exe) to manage settings
of MyService, but have problems with accessing MyService.exe.c onfig
from Manager app. I am getting this error:

"System.Configu ration.Configur ationElement.th is[System.Configur ation.Configu
rationProperty]'

is inaccessible due to its protection level"

My Manager app has this code to open a service config and read values
from it:

// Open service configuration file
string exePath =
System.IO.Path. Combine(Environ ment.CurrentDir ectory,
"MyService.exe. config");
// Map to the application configuration file.
ExeConfiguratio nFileMap configFile = new
ExeConfiguratio nFileMap();
configFile.ExeC onfigFilename = exePath;
Configuration configServ =
ConfigurationMa nager.OpenMappe dExeConfigurati on(configFile,
ConfigurationUs erLevel.None);
string value = configServ.AppS ettings["CheckUpdateTim eout"];

I can read/write from/to Manager.exe.con fig but looks like it is
prohibited in .NET to work with another app's config files.
Is there a solution to my problem?

Thanks,
Olegus