How do I select a .Net application configuration file from a command line parameter?

Question

I would like to override the use of the standard app.config by passing a command line parameter. How do I change the default application configuration file so that when I a

Answer 1

So here is the code that actually allows me to actually access the appSettings section in a config file other than the default one.

ExeConfigurationFileMap configFile = new ExeConfigurationFileMap();
configFile.ExeConfigFilename = Path.Combine(Environment.CurrentDirectory, "Alternate.config");
Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(configFile,ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

AppSettingsSection section = (AppSettingsSection)config.GetSection("appSettings");
string MySetting = section.Settings["MySetting"].Value;