App.config and F# Interactive not working

Question

As I\'m polishing my little pet project, I\'m trying to store all the constant strings in my app.config file (Keys, XpathExpressions etc). When I run the compiled exe this w

Answer 1

While FSI dynamically generates code for your input, using the fsi.exe.config will work just fine.

I created this file:

And saved it as "fsi.exe.config" (program files\fsharp-version\bin).

Then started FSI:

> #r "System.configuration";;
--> Referenced 'C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.configuration.dll'

> System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.["test"];;
val it : string = "bar"

It also worked from Visual Studio. (But note that you'll need to reset the session to pickup changes.)