Properties and configuration

[Jan Eliasen]

Hi

I am having some problems reading configuration values from a
configuration file, using C# 2.0.

I have programmed a Windows Service, and this part goes well - it runs
nicely.

Now, the Windows Service must call a Web Service every now and then. I
have added the web reference, and made it dynamic, so I can change the
URL later in the configuration file. This creates a Settings.settings
file, and an app.config file that reflects the values in the
Settings.settings file. If I add properties to the Settings.settings
file, they are also created for me in app.config and the other way
around. Great.

But if I read the properties in my code like this:
Properties.Settings.Default.Properties[DEBUGLOGGINGCONFIGKEY].DefaultValue.ToString();
then changes I make to app.config after deployment of the web service
don't work. The old values that were present at compile time are
always used.

If I try this:
ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[DEBUGLOGGINGCONFIGKEY]
then I just get null back.

In the old days (and in the .NET 2.0 days) I always use the
appSettings element under "configuration" to store applications
settings. But this time, because I made the web service dynamic,
something else has been created for me, and I can not seem to handle
it.

My app.config file looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="applicationSettings"
type="System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsGrou p, System,
Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >
<section name="thydata.dk.apm.Properties.Settings"
type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System,
Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
requirePermission="false" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<applicationSettings>
<thydata.dk.apm.Properties.Settings>
<setting name="QueuePath" serializeAs="String">
<value>.\ax_to_tbs</value>
</setting>
<setting name="thydata_dk_apm_TBS_TMHost"
serializeAs="String">
<value>http://localhost/TMHost%20Web%20Service/TMHost.asmx</value>
</setting>
<setting name="DebugLogging" serializeAs="String">
<value>True</value>
</setting>
</thydata.dk.apm.Properties.Settings>
</applicationSettings>
</configuration>

Can anyone tell me how I will get to the DebugLogging value at runtime
in my code?

Thanks!

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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

On Aug 31, 10:21 am, Jan Eliasen <[e-mail]:

<snip>

But if I read the properties in my code like this:
Properties.Settings.Default.Properties[DEBUGLOGGINGCONFIGKEY].DefaultValue.ToString();
then changes I make to app.config after deployment of the web service
don't work. The old values that were present at compile time are
always used.

You're asking for the *default value*. Just use

Properties.Settings.Default.DebugLogging

The "default" part here just means "use the settings which are
*loaded* by default" which isn't the same as the default values of
those settings :)

Jon

[Jan Eliasen]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:49:04 -0700, "Jon Skeet [C# MVP]"
<sk***@pobox.comwrote:

>You're asking for the *default value*. Just use

Properties.Settings.Default.DebugLogging

The "default" part here just means "use the settings which are
*loaded* by default" which isn't the same as the default values of
those settings :)

I just KNEW there had to be something I just didn't get... I have
spend the better part of 2 days searching for examples that matched my
setup, but couldn't find it...

Thanks, Jon!

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