App.config question. Me is stuck good :-(

[Simon]

Hi everyone,

I really need help with the following:

It's common in app development to create numerous projects under one
solution that as a whole combine to become your final application. For
example I have a solution that has four subprojects - 3 class libraries and
1 windows forms app.

Q - Some of these projects - both class library and win form application
require access to a config file. In one of the projects - the one that
supports data access I use the line below to access a custom config section:

ChaosDataConfiguration config =
(ChaosDataConfiguration)ConfigurationSettings.GetC onfig("TheChaosLibraries/DataProviderSettings");

The problem I'm having is I don't know if this is going to work. Should the
App.config file be placed under the data projects directory, or is there
some way to create a single config file at the root of the solution and have
all projects access that?

Any help would be greatfully received.

Thanks all

I do not think that one config file can be used by more then one
application. Remember, the config file has to be named the same as
program
for it to load.

"Simon" <sh856531@microsofts_free_email_service.com> wrote in message
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Hi all,

When you make a solution that contains numerous projects - where should

you

put the configuration file that should be used for the application?

Example:

An application called MyApp has 4 projects each contained within their
own
subdirectories. Each project outputs its dll to its own bin directory.

The folder structure is:

MyApp
- MyProject 1
- MyProject 2
- MyProject 3
- MyProject 4

Where should I put the config file so that all the projects access it?

Is it even possible to have a single config file shared amongst multiple
projects? I'm sure it is - I just can't find any details on how to do it.

If anyone has any advice on this I would appreciate it very much

Thanks in advance everyone

Simon

[Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]]

Hi,

Create a file named app.config (yes, this is the exact name) under the
start-up project (the Winforms app in your case). When you run this project,
all the class libraries get copied to the project's 'bin' directory, as well
as the app.config file is renamed to "yourapp.exe.config" and also copied to
the 'bin' folder. Thus, you get a single config file!

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Sincerely,
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
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"Simon" <sh856531@microsofts_free_email_service.com> wrote in message
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Hi everyone,

I really need help with the following:

It's common in app development to create numerous projects under one
solution that as a whole combine to become your final application. For
example I have a solution that has four subprojects - 3 class libraries
and 1 windows forms app.

Q - Some of these projects - both class library and win form application
require access to a config file. In one of the projects - the one that
supports data access I use the line below to access a custom config
section:

ChaosDataConfiguration config =
(ChaosDataConfiguration)ConfigurationSettings.GetC onfig("TheChaosLibraries/DataProviderSettings");

The problem I'm having is I don't know if this is going to work. Should
the App.config file be placed under the data projects directory, or is
there some way to create a single config file at the root of the solution
and have all projects access that?

Any help would be greatfully received.

Thanks all

I do not think that one config file can be used by more then one
application. Remember, the config file has to be named the same as
program
for it to load.

"Simon" <sh856531@microsofts_free_email_service.com> wrote in message
news:uK*************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Hi all,

When you make a solution that contains numerous projects - where should

you

put the configuration file that should be used for the application?

Example:

An application called MyApp has 4 projects each contained within their
own
subdirectories. Each project outputs its dll to its own bin directory.

The folder structure is:

MyApp
- MyProject 1
- MyProject 2
- MyProject 3
- MyProject 4

Where should I put the config file so that all the projects access it?

Is it even possible to have a single config file shared amongst multiple
projects? I'm sure it is - I just can't find any details on how to do
it.

If anyone has any advice on this I would appreciate it very much

Thanks in advance everyone

Simon

[Madhu[C#-MVP]]

Hi,

Let me first get your problem correctly... You have a 4 projects, 1 which is
Windows Forms App and the other three class librarires. I assume it is going
to be DLL (basically in-process).

So in that case, you just have to have your application configuration in the
Windows Forms Application which will have the process of its own and all the
class libraries will be loaded into this process. The class libraries will
use the configuration file of the surrogate process which in this case is
the Windows forms App. You can just use the following code segment to access
the appsettings.

ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings[<appsettings-element>]

I guess this way you don't have to worry about multiple configuration files.

Hope this helps...

Regards,
Madhu

MCSD.NET | C# - MVP

"Simon" <sh856531@microsofts_free_email_service.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Hi everyone,

I really need help with the following:

It's common in app development to create numerous projects under one
solution that as a whole combine to become your final application. For
example I have a solution that has four subprojects - 3 class libraries
and 1 windows forms app.

Q - Some of these projects - both class library and win form application
require access to a config file. In one of the projects - the one that
supports data access I use the line below to access a custom config
section:

ChaosDataConfiguration config =
(ChaosDataConfiguration)ConfigurationSettings.GetC onfig("TheChaosLibraries/DataProviderSettings");

The problem I'm having is I don't know if this is going to work. Should
the App.config file be placed under the data projects directory, or is
there some way to create a single config file at the root of the solution
and have all projects access that?

Any help would be greatfully received.

Thanks all

I do not think that one config file can be used by more then one
application. Remember, the config file has to be named the same as
program
for it to load.

"Simon" <sh856531@microsofts_free_email_service.com> wrote in message
news:uK*************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Hi all,

When you make a solution that contains numerous projects - where should

you

put the configuration file that should be used for the application?

Example:

An application called MyApp has 4 projects each contained within their
own
subdirectories. Each project outputs its dll to its own bin directory.

The folder structure is:

MyApp
- MyProject 1
- MyProject 2
- MyProject 3
- MyProject 4

Where should I put the config file so that all the projects access it?

Is it even possible to have a single config file shared amongst multiple
projects? I'm sure it is - I just can't find any details on how to do
it.

If anyone has any advice on this I would appreciate it very much

Thanks in advance everyone

Simon

[Simon]

Thats perfect guys. I'll give that a shot.

Thank you very much for your help

Kindest Regards

Simon