settings.settings ??

31 Mar 2006 9:46 AM

Søren M. Olesen

Hi

How is the settings.settings supposed to be used???

If I add it to a class library, I get a app.config file with a
<applicationSettings> section, containing my settings. However if I include
this class library in a web-project, it seems like I have to copy this
<applicationSettings> settings into the web.config file of my web.config
file if I want to override some of the settings....
Now I have quite a number of Class libraries, each with it own different set
of settings, and I use these libraries in a number of projects, so I quite a
taks to make sure all <applicationSettings> sections are in all the right
places....

Isn't there a way to put all the settings into one file and then refer to
this file with something like:

<applicationSettings file="commom.config" />
or something similar???

TIA

Søren

2 Apr 2006 6:23 PM

Steven

Absolutley, take a look at the following URL:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555396

As well the the Patterns and Pratices Enterprise Library provides a
configuration block that will allow you to accomplish this
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/).

See the Configuration Application Block for more details:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/guidetype/AppBlocks/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnpag2/html/config.asp

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"SÃ¸ren M. Olesen" wrote:

> Hi
>
> How is the settings.settings supposed to be used???
>
> If I add it to a class library, I get a app.config file with a
> <applicationSettings> section, containing my settings. However if I include
> this class library in a web-project, it seems like I have to copy this
> <applicationSettings> settings into the web.config file of my web.config
> file if I want to override some of the settings....
> Now I have quite a number of Class libraries, each with it own different set
> of settings, and I use these libraries in a number of projects, so I quite a
> taks to make sure all <applicationSettings> sections are in all the right
> places....
>
> Isn't there a way to put all the settings into one file and then refer to
> this file with something like:
>
> <applicationSettings file="commom.config" />
> or something similar???
>
> TIA
>
> SÃ¸ren
>
>
>

3 Apr 2006 4:32 AM

Søren M. Olesen

Thanks for your reply...however using the files="..." option seems to only
work for the <appSettings> section, not the <applicationSettings>...kind of
wierd though....

Regards,

Søren

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"Steven" <StevenSw@community.nospam> wrote in message
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> Absolutley, take a look at the following URL:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555396
>
> As well the the Patterns and Pratices Enterprise Library provides a
> configuration block that will allow you to accomplish this
> (http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/).
>
> See the Configuration Application Block for more details:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/guidetype/AppBlocks/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnpag2/html/config.asp
>
> "Søren M. Olesen" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> How is the settings.settings supposed to be used???
>>
>> If I add it to a class library, I get a app.config file with a
>> <applicationSettings> section, containing my settings. However if I
>> include
>> this class library in a web-project, it seems like I have to copy this
>> <applicationSettings> settings into the web.config file of my web.config
>> file if I want to override some of the settings....
>> Now I have quite a number of Class libraries, each with it own different
>> set
>> of settings, and I use these libraries in a number of projects, so I
>> quite a
>> taks to make sure all <applicationSettings> sections are in all the right
>> places....
>>
>> Isn't there a way to put all the settings into one file and then refer to
>> this file with something like:
>>
>> <applicationSettings file="commom.config" />
>> or something similar???
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Søren
>>
>>
>>