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VS 2005 question: Why am I losing my configuration files on build?

Here's the problem. My configuration files for a web service and several dlls seem to have just vanished after I build the solution.

Now the web service works just fine; however, I use those config files to change app settings on the fly without having to recompile... but cannot do that here because they no longer exist. And, man, I need them to exist.

Now, its my understanding that all of the My.settings settings are stored into configuration files named after the DLL or app they are associated with (example: SomeDLL.dll.config). Its always been that way when I did a regular app.

This web service, though, seems to embed them.

Any help on getting this fixed is greatly appreciated. An explanation would be nice, too!

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Bob Learned

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RichardRiga

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Its a Web application. But I guess I just want to know is this problem exclusive to web services? or does it happen with regular window apps, too? This is the only project where my config files seem to be sucked up into the dll.

Bob Learned

I saw My.settings setting, which normally suggests a Windows Forms application. Did you add a web.config file from the Add New Item dialog to the web service root folder?

RichardRiga

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its a multiple project solution. One project is a web service (and it does have a web.config which shows up). The other project is a COM+ service with multiple DLLs. Those DLLs use the my.settings. On compile they don't have dll.config files generated. They seem to be embedded. I want to a) know why and b) stop it so that i have my config files back so end users can config.

Bob Learned

"They seem to be embedded. I want to a) know why and b) stop it so that i have my config files back so end users can config."

That doesn't make sense, so you will have to figure out how to explain that one better.

RichardRiga

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got what you said now. i'm slow. thanks