Configuration File

[Tim Marsden]

Hi

How do I manually read then values held in an app.config file.

I have an application with an application configuration file.
I can read the values in the file using Configuration.appsettings etc and
all is OK.

However I want to read the values from a DLL ( launched form another
application).
how do I do this?

Tim

[Anand [MVP]]

After all app.config is a XML file. You can always load it into DOM and work with it like a normal XML document.

Rgds,
Anand
VB.NET MVP
http://www.dotnetinda.com

"Tim Marsden" wrote:

Hi

How do I manually read then values held in an app.config file.

I have an application with an application configuration file.
I can read the values in the file using Configuration.appsettings etc and
all is OK.

However I want to read the values from a DLL ( launched form another
application).
how do I do this?

Tim

[One Handed Man \( OHM - Terry Burns \)]

If you overload the constructor for the form in the DLL, you can pass it the
application object when you launch it, this way it will be able to reference
the app.config file of the calling code.

HTH - OHM ( Terry Burns )
"Tim Marsden" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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Hi

How do I manually read then values held in an app.config file.

I have an application with an application configuration file.
I can read the values in the file using Configuration.appsettings etc and
all is OK.

However I want to read the values from a DLL ( launched form another
application).
how do I do this?

Tim

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Tim,
In the DLL you can use the same function:

Configuration.AppSettings

The trick is that only EXE's can have app.config files, you would need to
add an app.config to the other application (exe), with the relevent
settings.

Hope this helps
Jay

"Tim Marsden" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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Hi

How do I manually read then values held in an app.config file.

I have an application with an application configuration file.
I can read the values in the file using Configuration.appsettings etc and
all is OK.

However I want to read the values from a DLL ( launched form another
application).
how do I do this?

Tim

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Do you have an example?
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"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

Tim,
In the DLL you can use the same function:

Configuration.AppSettings

The trick is that only EXE's can have app.config files, you would need to
add an app.config to the other application (exe), with the relevent
settings.

Hope this helps
Jay

"Tim Marsden" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:OA**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi

How do I manually read then values held in an app.config file.

I have an application with an application configuration file.
I can read the values in the file using Configuration.appsettings etc and
all is OK.

However I want to read the values from a DLL ( launched form another
application).
how do I do this?

Tim

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

This section of MSDN provides a couple of examples:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ngssection.asp

As I stated, for a DLL, you simply add your settings to your exe's
app.config file. The DLL itself will find them. For a DLL however I would
recommend using a Custom Configuration Section instead of appSettings
itself, more to prevent conflicts then anything.

Hope this helps
Jay

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Do you have an example?
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"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

Tim,
In the DLL you can use the same function:

Configuration.AppSettings

The trick is that only EXE's can have app.config files, you would need to add an app.config to the other application (exe), with the relevent
settings.

Hope this helps
Jay

"Tim Marsden" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:OA**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi

How do I manually read then values held in an app.config file.

I have an application with an application configuration file.
I can read the values in the file using Configuration.appsettings etc and all is OK.

However I want to read the values from a DLL ( launched form another
application).
how do I do this?

Tim