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c#asp.net.netconfigconfigurationmanager
krafo
krafo

Reputation: 183

Read config file from asp.net

I'm creating a web application, which calls a DLL to run unit tests, I also have another DLL(DataAccessLayer) which performs connections and performs queries to SQL which references the main DLL. Both the DLLs use the same config file to read settings.

When running application from VS, the application is working fine. However when the web app is deployed to IIS, it seems the DLLs are unable to read the settings from the config file.

After some research I found that I might have to explicitly define the configuration elements in the web.config file, however I don't know how to implement this. Can someone please point me in the right direction?

I'm actually retrieving the settings using the ConfigurationManager with the following code:-

   public string GetValue(string key)
   {
       var appConfig = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration("path to dll");
       strKeyValue = appConfig.AppSettings.Settings[key].Value;



       return strKeyValue;
   }

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6764

Answers (4)

sreejithsdev
sreejithsdev

Reputation: 1210

Use following code to access connection string

string filePath= WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Pathfile"].ToString();

Web config Fie

<configuration>
       ....
     <appSettings>
       <add key="Pathfile" value="Path to dll"/>
     </appSettings>
    ....
</configuration>

Upvotes: 0

Iain
Iain

Reputation: 6472

Add the connectionstring or AppSetting or ApplicationSettings used in you app.config into your web.config, I understand this is a manual task but is the only way that the config will read the settings.

Upvotes: 0

Icarus
Icarus

Reputation: 63970

Just set all the appSettings values used by the DLL you mention, directly in the web.config PRIOR to deploying the app. You don't need to modify this at run-time (and you shouldn't anyway, since any modification to the web.config will cause the application to restart)

Upvotes: 0

TGlatzer
TGlatzer

Reputation: 6288

Use WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["HelloWorldKey"]; to read AppSettings from the web.config.

Upvotes: 6

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