app-config

I am using app.config file to read data from it.. I am loading the app.config file as: string app_path = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("app.config"); xmlDoc.Load(app_path); string image_path = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Test1"]; and i want to get the value of "Test1". But the value of test1 is comming "null".. how can i get the value of "test1" from app.config file.. i created the app.config file as: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <configuration> <appSettings> <add key="Test1" value="My value 1" /> <add key="Test2" value="Another value 2" /> </appSettings> </configuration>

I created a project as a Class Library. Now I need to make it into a WCF. I can create a WCF project, but I would like to avoid all that fuss with TFS. I've done the App.config and added the /client:"wcfTestClient.exe" line to the Command line arguments. But there seems to be something else missing from it launching the Hosting. Dog Ears I discovered the following doing the opposite to what you are trying to achieve, i.e. changing a service library to a console application.. some of the settings in the csproj files cannot be edited from the settings screen from within VS to convert an class

So, long story short, I'm developing an application that will make use of some configuration info that may be changed at runtime through the application itself. For the purpose I've thought of using the Settings class. The problem, thought, is that information is not persisted between different runs of the application: Run 1) Console.WriteLine(Settings.Default["User"]); //prints "Default user" Settings.Default["User"] = "abc"; Console.WriteLine(Settings.Default["User"]); //prints "abc" Run 2) Console.WriteLine(Settings.Default["User"]); //prints "Default user" Settings.Default["User"] = "abc";

I'm experimenting some difficulties trying to use Connection String Builders (ADO.NET) within LINQ to SQL. Let me show you guys what I'm trying to do: the app.config file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <configSections> </configSections> <connectionStrings> <add name="LoremIpsum" connectionString="Data Source=SomeServer;Initial Catalog=SomeDB;User ID=joe;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> </connectionStrings> </configuration> and a snippet of the form: ConnectionStringSettings settings = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["LoremIpsum"]; if (null != settings)

This may sound like a trivial question, however I have looked over the web briefly and what I found was that app.config is basically an older mechanism for storing Application key/pairs of data for the application. What I want to know is there any reason we (as .NET developers) would opt to use app.config over a Settings file ? -Can someone please provide some pros and cons on both so we can use them properly. thanks again App.config for desktop applications and Web.config for web applications are part of .NET configuration system. Primarily they are used to control .NET framework settings in

I have a windows service that reads from app.config I want some settings to be encrypted, however, I don't want to use the ProtectedConfigurationProvider classes provided in .NET because they encrypt files based on the machine they are running on using DPAPI. What I wanted was a way for our administrator to deploy the config file already encrypted to many machines and have each machine decrypt them when needed. I don't want to hardcode a password into the assembly either so I'm not sure how I can go about this. Perhaps your central server can maintains a database of the private keys for all