How to use the value of appSettings from App.Config file when creating a Windows Service

Question

I am trying to create a Windows Server. I have some logic in C#

        string urlToPing = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["UrlToPing"].ToString();
        Stream data = client.OpenRead(urlToPing);

I need to read

Here my App.Config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="UrlToPing" value="http://mysite.com"/>
  </appSettings>

</configuration>

I am new at Windows Services, my questions:

• When I publish to folder the Service or if I create a build I cannot see the App.Config file
  • Visual Studio warning on ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings as obsolete (what should I use instead?)

Answer 1

1. Add "using System.Configuration;"
2. Upper/lower case important
3. Moreover attention this point; you must use "appSettings" tag that after than "configurations" tags.

Answer 2

Add System.Configuration to references

Answer 3

To my second question I found a solution:

1. Add a reference to System.Configuration to your code file.

   using System.Configuration;

2. The setting may now be referenced correctly...

   ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["UrlToPing"].ToString();

Answer 4

To your first question, when you build a executable project (Windows Service, Console Application, etc) it will rename the app.config to "YourApplication".exe.config where "YourApplication" is the name of your Startup assembly. It will then copy the file to your output folder.