How do you embed app.config in C# projects?

Question

When you compile a C# project, the app settings from app.config are saved along with the exe file. For example, if the program name is \"solve_np.exe\", there will be a \"so

Answer 1

After considering what was written in these comments and other searching, I decided that the best way to handle my issue of wanting my Entity Framework connection string to be embedded into my executable instead of needing the MyApplication.exe.config file with my deployed solution was to created a derived class like such:

Public Class MyEFDataContainerLocal
   Inherits MyEFDataContainer

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New(My.Settings.MyEFContainerConnectionString)
    End Sub
End Class

I just created an Application Setting of type Connection String that contained the same string as what is found in the App.Config file. I just had to replace the "e;'s with actual quotes.

Then whenever I wanted to use the MyEFDataContainer as in Dim db As New MyEFDataContainer I would just use Dim db As New MyEFDataContainerLocal instead.