Thanks Dave, just what I was looking for.
Georg
-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics.
[mailto:ADVANCED-DOTNET DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM] On Behalf Of Dave
Lacerte
Sent: 4. januar 2007 18:31
To: ADVANCED-DOTNETDISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM
Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Configuration file name as a
start up
parameter
Hey guys,
Don't forget the AddDomain.SetupInformation... Everything
there is
read/write, especially the "APP_CONFIG_FILE"
property, accessible through
the ConfigurationFile property.
Here's how you do this:
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ConfigurationFile =
"theFile.config"
Or
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("APP_CONFIG_FILE")
= "theFile.conf"
Of course, you will not be able to change it before the
first line of you
Main method, but in most cases, that will do it. (you could
always start
the AppDomain from another AppDomain, in which case the
config file will be
set correctly before the exe is even started)
Have fun,
Dave.
www.omniscient.ca
On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 13:42:58 -0000, Geoff Taylor
<geoffOPINIONATEDGEEK.COM>
wrote:
>Alternatively, you may be able to use the
RemotingConfiguration.Configure
()
>method. It's in System.Runtime.Remoting, but you don't
have to be using
>remoting to use the method.
>
>Details are hazy, but I remember (a long time ago) being
able to use this
to
>load a .config file other than the default. The
important thing is that
you
>need to call this method _before_ any part of your code
asks for any
>configuration settings. If the configuration settings
are already loaded,
I
>think calls to this method are ignored.
>
>This may all be out of date now - I think I did it with
.NET 1.0, so I'm
not
>at all sure how 1.1 or 2.0 will behave. It's probably
worth experimenting
>with though.
>
> Geoff
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics.
[mailto:ADVANCED-
>> DOTNETDISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM] On Behalf Of Eddie
Lascu
>> Sent: 02 January 2007 12:42
>> To: ADVANCED-DOTNETDISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM
>> Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Configuration file
name as a start up
>> parameter
>>
>> Why don't you rename your cMyConfigFile.config file
as a first step of
>> your
>> application. The reason why you would need a
different name (I presume)
>> is
>> to be able to switch from one config file to the
other just by
>> restarting
>> your service with a different start-up parameter.
You could have
>>
>> cMyConfigFile1.config
>> cMyConfigFile2.config
>> cMyConfigFile3.config
>>
>> and every time you restart your service, copy the
config file that you
>> passed in as a start-up parameter and create
myapp.exe.config file
>> (overwrite the existing file, if any). This way you
will always have
>> your
>> different config files and your assemblies will not
need any changes.
>> Am I missing something?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Eddie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics.
>> [mailto:ADVANCED-DOTNETDISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM]On
Behalf Of Georg Jansen
>> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 3:51 AM
>> To: ADVANCED-DOTNETDISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM
>> Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Configuration file name
as a start up
>> parameter
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an application where I need to provide the
name of the
>> configuration
>> file as a start up parameter (for example myapp.exe
-cMyConfigFile).
>> The
>> application is started as a windows service.
>>
>> The application uses other assemblies that use the
"standard"
>>
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["
MySetting"], to
>> retrieve settings from the config file, and it
would be best if I did
>> not
>> need to rewrite those assemblies.
>>
>> So what I need is some kind of method to specify a
different
>> application
>> config file, and have the framework read from that
file instead of the
>> standard "myapp.exe.config".
>>
>> I have been struggling with this for a while, and
any help would be
>> appreciated!
>>
>>
>> Best regards
>> Georg
>>
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