Locating application config file

[Thomas Koch]

Hi - I would like to load other files relative to the application config
file.

Do anyone know if this is possible?

If I do Environment.CurrentDirectory it will work if the program is launched
directly from there. Another approach is to combine CurrentDirectory with
the CommandLine string in order to locate the startup assembly, and thus the
directory of the application config file.

It all seems very clumsy to me and I am not even sure that'll work very well
in an ASP.NET application.

I wonder if anyone knows of a better technique.

Cheers
Thomas Koch

[William Ryan]

ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Item("connectStr ing").ToString) - Will get
you

This value in the Config file

<appSettings>

<add key="connectString" value="packet size=4096;integrated
security=SSPI;data source=-----SQLSRV;persist security info=False;initial
catalog=-----" />

<add key="url" value="http://www.inf-------.com" />
</appSettings>

"Thomas Koch" <th********@yahoo.dk> wrote in message
news:OR**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Hi - I would like to load other files relative to the application config
file.

Do anyone know if this is possible?

If I do Environment.CurrentDirectory it will work if the program is launched directly from there. Another approach is to combine CurrentDirectory with
the CommandLine string in order to locate the startup assembly, and thus the directory of the application config file.

It all seems very clumsy to me and I am not even sure that'll work very well in an ASP.NET application.

I wonder if anyone knows of a better technique.

Cheers
Thomas Koch

[Ignacio Machin]

Hi Thomas,

In a windows form application you can use.
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(). GetName().Location

it give you the directory of the running assembly. It the current assembly
is located on other directory than the main application then you have to use
another approach, maybe using AppDomain?

Hope this help,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

"Thomas Koch" <th********@yahoo.dk> wrote in message
news:OR**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Hi - I would like to load other files relative to the application config
file.

Do anyone know if this is possible?

If I do Environment.CurrentDirectory it will work if the program is launched directly from there. Another approach is to combine CurrentDirectory with
the CommandLine string in order to locate the startup assembly, and thus the directory of the application config file.

It all seems very clumsy to me and I am not even sure that'll work very well in an ASP.NET application.

I wonder if anyone knows of a better technique.

Cheers
Thomas Koch

[Thomas Koch]

Hi - yes I could insert a key value pair which pointed to the location.

However I am building framework software, which is utilizing the application
config file to contain a deployment descriptor. From this deployment
descriptor I need to point to another file, which is usually located
relative to the application config file.

Since I would very much like to offer a "path-independent" format of the
descriptor, so that the user can just move to another path and still have
the refenrece to this other file working.

Cheers
Thomas

"William Ryan" <do********@comcast.nospam.net> wrote in message
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ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Item("connectStr ing").ToString) - Will get you

This value in the Config file

<appSettings>

<add key="connectString" value="packet size=4096;integrated
security=SSPI;data source=-----SQLSRV;persist security info=False;initial
catalog=-----" />

<add key="url" value="http://www.inf-------.com" />
</appSettings>

"Thomas Koch" <th********@yahoo.dk> wrote in message
news:OR**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Hi - I would like to load other files relative to the application config
file.

Do anyone know if this is possible?

If I do Environment.CurrentDirectory it will work if the program is

launched

directly from there. Another approach is to combine CurrentDirectory with the CommandLine string in order to locate the startup assembly, and thus

the

directory of the application config file.

It all seems very clumsy to me and I am not even sure that'll work very

well

in an ASP.NET application.

I wonder if anyone knows of a better technique.

Cheers
Thomas Koch

[Thomas Koch]

Hi Igancio - thanks for the tip on the AppDomain.

It turns out that apparently the AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory
points to the correct directory regardless of running an exe applicatoin or
an ASP.NET

Cheers
Thomas

"Ignacio Machin" <ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi Thomas,

In a windows form application you can use.
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(). GetName().Location

it give you the directory of the running assembly. It the current assembly
is located on other directory than the main application then you have to use another approach, maybe using AppDomain?

Hope this help,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

"Thomas Koch" <th********@yahoo.dk> wrote in message
news:OR**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Hi - I would like to load other files relative to the application config
file.

Do anyone know if this is possible?

If I do Environment.CurrentDirectory it will work if the program is

launched

directly from there. Another approach is to combine CurrentDirectory with the CommandLine string in order to locate the startup assembly, and thus

the

directory of the application config file.

It all seems very clumsy to me and I am not even sure that'll work very

well

in an ASP.NET application.

I wonder if anyone knows of a better technique.

Cheers
Thomas Koch