app.config (for a dll) not getting added to setup project

6 Jun 2006 8:40 PM

MJB

I have several dlls that have app.config files tied to them. When
adding their primary output to a Setup project everything works fine,
but only the app.config for the .exe gets added to the Setup project
automatically. Is there any way to get the app.configs for the dlls
added to the Setup without manually doing "Add File"? Thanks for the
assistance.

Oh, this is a windows service application and I'm using Visual Studio
2005 Prof / .Net 2.0

6 Jun 2006 9:08 PM

Galcho[MCSD.NET]

AFAIK you cannot have .config files for class libraries
if you need them then they read config values at runtime from
app.exe.config file.

this is why VS 2005 add only app.config for exe's

I hope this helps
Galin Iliev[MCSD.NET]
www.galcho.com

MJB wrote:
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> I have several dlls that have app.config files tied to them. When
> adding their primary output to a Setup project everything works fine,
> but only the app.config for the .exe gets added to the Setup project
> automatically. Is there any way to get the app.configs for the dlls
> added to the Setup without manually doing "Add File"? Thanks for the
> assistance.
>
> Oh, this is a windows service application and I'm using Visual Studio
> 2005 Prof / .Net 2.0

6 Jun 2006 9:35 PM

MJB

Actually that was true for .Net 1.x, but with .Net 2.0 / VS 2005 you can
have app.configs for .DLLs and/or .EXEs - basically an app.config per
project. Just right-click a project and click "properties". When you
see the properties screen select "settings" - this is where you would
create an app.config for any project. It works well too in debug mode.
The problem arises when I try to get all of my app.configs to get
bundled up with my setup. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Galcho[MCSD.NET] wrote:
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> AFAIK you cannot have .config files for class libraries
> if you need them then they read config values at runtime from
> app.exe.config file.
>
> this is why VS 2005 add only app.config for exe's
>
> I hope this helps
> Galin Iliev[MCSD.NET]
> www.galcho.com
>
>
>
> MJB wrote:
>> I have several dlls that have app.config files tied to them. When
>> adding their primary output to a Setup project everything works fine,
>> but only the app.config for the .exe gets added to the Setup project
>> automatically. Is there any way to get the app.configs for the dlls
>> added to the Setup without manually doing "Add File"? Thanks for the
>> assistance.
>>
>> Oh, this is a windows service application and I'm using Visual Studio
>> 2005 Prof / .Net 2.0
>