.NET Config Files, Which One To Use
Aug 14, 2009
I have an .net addin that loads w/outlook. Being a .NET assembly, I naturally have a .config file that you would expect. From my previous research, I named my app.config file to be Outlook.exe.config because outook is the executing assembly, and naturally, that's where you would expect that. This for the most part is fine.
In some installations, and I am not sure as to the conditions why, My addin will hunt for the config file under the dll name in another directory. So, more clearly stated, Office is in its directory, and my addin dll is in its own. So: MyAddin.dll.config vs. Outlook.exe.config. So, fine, I just made 2 copies of the config file and covered both cases. Now, I find that the addin is hunting for Outlook.exe.config in MY program directory (not the outlook dir)
FYI I log which config file is being used using: [Code] So, can someone tell me WHERE it is determined where the config file is read from, and if I can "Force" it to be used from a certain location?
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Jun 27, 2012
I have inherited a rather large project consisting of an application written in VB6 and several DLL's and ActiveX controls written in VB6, VB.NET 1.1 and VB.NET 2. I want to change one of the settings for one of the DLL's written in VB.NET 2 that is in its application.dll.config file, but it seems to be having no effect.My main VB6 application (I will call it Alpha) has a configuration file (Alpha.exe.cnfig) which contains settings used by my VB.NET 1.1 DLL (which I will call Bravo). After calling Bravo, Alpha calls Charlie (my VB.NET 2 DLL). However, even though I have changed the application settings in Charlie.dll.config in the subdirectory where the DLL lives, it has no effect. I have tried putting Charlie's settings in Alpha's config file but this causes Bravo to fail with an automation error (which I think is because the format of the config files changed from .NET 1.1 and .NET 2).[code]If I try putting the applicationSettings section under directly beneath the appSettings section (i.e. as another child element of the configuration element) in Alpha.exe.config then Bravo.dll fails.
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Sep 4, 2010
I'm writing an application that will be used to generate reports from a database and I want to have several predefined reports/queries built in but also offer the user the option to create their own query and be able to save it and run it whenever they want without having to set the query up again each time.
So I figured I would just store the query parameters in an XML file for the ones that a user has created themselves and I would store these XML files (one for each query) in the user's Application Data folder.
I'm wondering what I should do with the built in queries though (bear in mind that the parameters of these built in queries should not be configurable). As I see it, these are my options:
1. Have the query parameters hard coded in the application
2. Store the query parameters in XML files in the location where the app is stored (ie Program Files) - the installer would create these files when the app is installed
3. Store the query parameters in XML files in the user's Application Data folder with any queries they have created themselves.
I'm leaning towards option 2 for the following reasons: All queries (user defined or predefined) would then be in the exact same format and the program could then run them all in the exact same way. Option 1 would mean I would have to release a new version of the application if I ever wanted to change these parameters. Option 3 would mean that the program would have to create the XML files each time it was launched by a new user so it would be a bit pointless and the values for the parameters would still have to be hard coded in the application so that it could create the files correctly.
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Dec 2, 2011
I have organized some configuration in folders within Visual studio project explorer. When I release the application those files are copied into the same directory (including sub folders) as the exe.Consequently I can access those files with My.Application.Info.DirectoryPathDuring debug VS does not copy the files into the Debug-folder, consequently my files cannot be accessed with DirectoryPath
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Dec 3, 2009
I have an application Bbb.exe. I found that there are two configurations.Bbb.exe.config and Bbb.vshost.exe.config. They are exactly same.For some reason, I changed Bbb.exe.config and keep Bbb.vshost.exe.config unchanged.
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May 19, 2010
Say I have a Class Library project with its own .dll.config, and a forms application. I want to confirm that it is impossible to reference the .dll.config file from the .exe.config file and still use My.Settings.
For example: I have SomeClassLibrary project, with SomeSetting that I can access through My.Settings.SomeSetting. I also have SomeFormsApp project. This is what I want my SomeFormsApp.exe.config to look like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
[Code].....
From my readings, this seems impossible. I either need to copy the content of SomeClassLibrary.dll.config into SomeFormsApp.exe.config, which is tedious and error prone when copying from multiple class libraries, or I need to use ConfigurationManager, which bypasses My.Settings and its typed, Intellisensed goodness.
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Aug 28, 2010
I need to read the keys from several external applications .config files, is it possible to specify the file for AppSettingsReader?
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Nov 11, 2010
Not sure if this has been asked before (couldn't find an answer), but is there a way to reuse a user.config file from a previous version of the application? For example a user.config file is stored in:
C:UsersJohnnyAppDataLocalCompanyApplicationName.exe_Url_wxcnyrmstqy3oj1qwckdjq3gjqkq4fel1.0.0.0user.config After a new version is installed it gets stored in:
C:UsersJohnnyAppDataLocalCompanyApplicationName.exe_Url_wglmejvw01nagu5t1y5yl12chynjomny1.0.0.1user.config The user then has to enter all settings again, even if the new version does not save more settings. An other problem is that although the user.config file is very small, it does get messy after a while when newer versions of the application get installed. Is there a way to clean up the unused user.config files and their folders?
It's the same problem with System.Windows.Forms.Application.LocalUserAppDataPath, that I'd like to use to save other files (containing Listview data), which points to:
C:UsersJohnnyAppDataLocalCompanyApplication1.0.0.0 The Listview data and other files created by the app can't be used anymore.This can be solved by getting the user's appdata folder with Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) and creating a new folder there with the name of the application. But this means there's one folder where the application is installed (user can choose this folder in the installer), one folder to save my own files to and one folder where VB stores the user.config file.
Can something be done about this "mess" or is this just something I have to live with?
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Jan 8, 2011
How do you write config files for vb programs? Like .xml files, Seen some examples but didn't fully grasp them. Say I had a program that launched programs and I wanted it to save the:Program Name, Program Location, Program Site, etc..So I am guessing the xml would looking something like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Configuration>
<Path>
[code]....
how to load the settings from these configs. The reason I want to write it to an external config is because I plan to add an updating feature and I want the configs outside of the program.
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Aug 4, 2011
I am working on an existing vb#.net 2008 windows form application that has a large number of project files in one solution. This solution can be executed many ways depending upon what the startup project is. However there is one project file that is generally the main 'startup project'. This application also has no setup and deployment currently.
What I am trying to do is to determine what exes, dll's, config files are needed to be combined together so I can deploy them? Is there certain directory paths I can use to determine what files I need? Is there some kind of a way I can test the combined files to determine what files work together so I can deploy them?
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Jan 15, 2010
I'm trying to make a application that allows the person to script config files for an open game server project so they don't have to do it manually... I'm starting with 3 groups. Those groups are "NPC NAMES", "MONSTER NAMES", and "MONSTER WALK POSITIONS"... I want the user to be able to add as many items to the group as they want... Right now I'm using a listbox, but its very messy... I want the user to be able to add items to these groups, and then add the items of each group to a .txt file.
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Mar 26, 2009
I have a class library (Named ADI), that needs some configuration settings from the project using it (like connectionstring, filesystem locations etc).
I want to define these settings in my Windows Forms/Web Projects App.Config or Web.Config, like other settings.
Here is part of my app.config for my windows forms application:
<applicationSettings>
<PhotoImportRobot.My.MySettings>
<setting name="ADIImageRoot" serializeAs="String">
[Code]....
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Jan 18, 2010
is there any tool to validate configuration file?
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Jun 18, 2012
I have a website that has highly granulised access and hence requires many web.config files. The problem is I would like to trim the menu so that only certain users will have access to certain folders. I have enabled trimming and setup roles in the sitemap, however when I access the page the menu is not show, as I am authorized to view the default page which is not in a subfolder. When I type the url of a page in sub folder's I have access.
How should I handle this:
A site map for each web.config file - don't know how this will work Removing the sub web.config file to only use a single one
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Jul 6, 2011
Our main application has both a asp.net and winforms component. There is a class that is used by both sides and needs info from either the web.config or app.config files. The class itself does not know if it's on the client side or on the web server (at this point). We are getting errors when it's attempting read app.config when it's on the web side. Is there a way for the class to tell if it needs to read web.config or app.config?
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May 12, 2011
I have a self-hosted WCF (as a Windows service), it has a web.config file.
Inside one of the functions, I have this code (which doesn't seem to work)[code]...
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Aug 5, 2009
I am getting the following error when i try to run my vb.net application on some other machine along with the related dlls and other files**********************************************************See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: Configuration system failed to initialize ---> System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: The 'add' start tag on
[code].....
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Jul 15, 2009
I want to write a WCF Service as a console app. How do I make the contents for the App.Config? Do I hand code it, or is there something that will generate it?I know that svcutil.exe will generate stuff for a client from the service and its config, but how do I build the config contents for the service?I have .net 3.5 At home I have VB 2005 Express At work I have VS 2005 Suite?
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Sep 16, 2010
Is it possible to set clientcredentials for an WCF in App.config?
I would like to avoid doing this:
Using svc As New MyServiceClient
svc.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = "login"
svc.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = "pw"
...
End Using
Rather the login and password should be part of the configuration.
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Dec 7, 2011
I am new to VS 2010 and in my application I want to add an app.config to contain to variables.I have been adding the app.config through the solution explorer, add item, general tab, configuration file.However i have noticed each project creates a default app.config in the project folder but which doesnt show up in the solution explorer.
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May 22, 2009
What i want to do is use a config file to save the value that a user sets in a Folder browser dialog so that i can use the directory they select to write to files in that directory
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Feb 29, 2012
Dim accConn As New OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=" & ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("Access") & "")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
[code].....
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Aug 30, 2009
where i can use a config.ini on my project.
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Aug 18, 2011
I'm attempting to update some values in the web.config file from code during an install process.So far I've found this for updating the connection string,[code]However I need to update another section and I'm not sure how. I have the settings for an email and I'm not sure how to update them. Relevant web.config section below, [code]
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Apr 20, 2011
Can anybody tell me how can i add app.config file to the project?
i try add new item in the project but i can not see any app.config template.
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Apr 10, 2011
I'm trying to add a new section to my app.config file under the applicationSettings section and then read it from my WinFroms VB.NET application.[code]...
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Mar 16, 2011
I have a solution with several projects and several developers, each with their ownenvironment (of course). To manage connection strings between each environment, I have created several app.config files for each environment: app.config.dev, app.config.qa, etcThe pre-build event simply copies the app.config.$(ConfigurationName) to app.config. This pre-build event is done for each project in the solution, and the connection string is included in each (including the test project).
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Apr 26, 2011
Visual Studio 2008 / Windows 7 / .net framework 3.5 / Windows forms application
My applicaiton has the following App.Config:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
[Code]....
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Jan 31, 2011
how to setup my deployment project so that users can customize thier own settings in app.config? Which special folder in the File System browser should I add, Personal Data, Application Data, or Programs Menu? How do I add the app.config to the folder? What about the project output, should it also be in the same folder? If so, should the project output be taken out of the Application Folder, in other words, exist in one place? I tested my deployment and was shocked that the icon only opened on the test user's pc after installation. I have custom settings in the app.config file that have default values, but must be configurable for user specific settings.
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Nov 6, 2009
I have difficulties figuring out a useful app.config structures for my program.What I am doing is writing a windows service, which watches several directories on a server for files being uploaded.My problem is making my program configurable for n folders when in each of those n folders, i need to watch for a different collection of filetypes
e.g. folder1: .dwg;
folder2: .dwg;.doc;.xls;
then when a new file is uploaded, for example a .dwg file to folder1,then i need to run program1 to convert the dwg to a dwf, and program2 to convert the dwg to a .swf.but that only if filetype is .dwg and folder = folder1. if a .dwg is uploaded for example to folder2, then it needs to be converted to a pdf.The closes i have come to make this configurable in a app.config file is this:
<Folder2 name="C:inetpubwwwrootCAFMFotos" filetypes=".dwg;.pdf;">
<action>
<add key="ExecutableAndPath" value="C:UsersMeDesktopverydocdwg2vec.exe"/>[code].........
I have difficulties bringing this to a usable from in app.config
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