Working with Setting config file VS 2010
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I am a bit confuse on how to use Setting to store my constant value in config file.
e.g. my.dll.config
In the setting there I can choose btw Application or User scope, also there is access modifer Internal/Public
my setting are Internal/Application
My goal is to allow my setting in VS2010 for easy programming such as
e.g. string x = settings.Default.myconfig
and also allow my user of dll to change the value in my.dll.config file.
However, so far when user modify config file value - dll do not response to new setting
How can i solve the problem? Also, if i change my setting from Application to User scope - I am getting compiler error - though i have not try to fix it yet as I not so sure about the scope setting.
I am a bit confuse on how to use Setting to store my constant value in config file.
e.g. my.dll.config
In the setting there I can choose btw Application or User scope, also there is access modifer Internal/Public
my setting are Internal/Application
My goal is to allow my setting in VS2010 for easy programming such as
e.g. string x = settings.Default.myconfig
and also allow my user of dll to change the value in my.dll.config file.
However, so far when user modify config file value - dll do not response to new setting
How can i solve the problem? Also, if i change my setting from Application to User scope - I am getting compiler error - though i have not try to fix it yet as I not so sure about the scope setting.
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Actually my goal is to allow my user of the dll to change the config value in the .config file.
So I guess I would not change to value of file programatically.
However, you are right that in the end there will be exe file... and essentially exe.config file.
From your suggestion I can copy the text into the exe.config
Doing so can my user change the value from the file?
... are there particular ... way to do it?
So I guess I would not change to value of file programatically.
However, you are right that in the end there will be exe file... and essentially exe.config file.
From your suggestion I can copy the text into the exe.config
Doing so can my user change the value from the file?
... are there particular ... way to do it?
Sure, your users will be able to make changes to the application's *.exe.config file (which will contain both EXE and DLL sections).
For example, let's say that your DLL has a setting for a connection string... that connection string setting will appear in the application's config file. Your users could use Notepad to edit the config file and change the connection string.
For example, let's say that your DLL has a setting for a connection string... that connection string setting will appear in the application's config file. Your users could use Notepad to edit the config file and change the connection string.
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graye,
Is it possible to that i add exact same config name in VS for both dll and exe.config?
so I dont have to copy and paste from dll.config to exe.config each time i create a new exe build?
Is it possible to that i add exact same config name in VS for both dll and exe.config?
so I dont have to copy and paste from dll.config to exe.config each time i create a new exe build?
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I will give it a try
Many thanks
Many thanks
So, you have to be a bit creative to merge all of your settings for both the EXE and the DLL into a single *.exe.config file.
I usually just "pretend that it works" and follow the normal rules for creating and using the settings inside my DLL file. Then when I'm done I use notepad to copy-n-paste that section of the app.config (from the DLL) that contains the settings that I created into the appropriate section of app.config of the EXE project.