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How do I load the App.config file?

I am parsing the project's app.config file. This config file is loaded from the caller project. Inside the called project, I have something like:

   XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
   xmlDoc.Load("app.config");
   // Some parsing...

Unfortunately, the app.config file is not located correctly. Apparently the Load method looks in the ~ / bin / Release directory of the caller project, but the app.config file is in the ~ directory.

Is there a way to load the App.config file correctly?

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I don't understand why you need this. The config file is App.Config

copied to the runtime directory at build time and renamed yourapplicationname.exe.config

.



You can use a class ConfigurationManager

to access the contents of this file.

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The correct way to load configuration information is to use types in the namespace System.Configuration

. Do not disassemble it yourself. For many types, you will also need a link System.Configuration.dll

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Visual Studio should copy the file named app.config

into the output directory when it is created. It renames the file to <assembly_name>.config

, so if you build myapp.exe

then the config file will be myapp.exe.config

. Make sure the file properties are set to "Build Action: None, Copy to output directory: do not copy". VS sees this as a special case. Don't override it.

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