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Sinan AKYAZICI
Sinan AKYAZICI

Reputation: 3952

How to get windows service name from app.config

i have a app.config

  <appSettings>
    <add key="ServiceName" value="HasService"/>
    <add key="ServiceDisplayName" value="HasService"/>
  </appSettings>

my service installer class 

 [RunInstaller(true)]
    public class MyServiceInstaller : System.Configuration.Install.Installer
    {
        public MyServiceInstaller()
        {
            var process = new ServiceProcessInstaller {Account = ServiceAccount.LocalSystem};
            var serviceAdmin = new ServiceInstaller
            {
                StartType = ServiceStartMode.Manual,
                ServiceName = "HasService",
                DisplayName = "HasService"
            };
            Installers.Add(process);
            Installers.Add(serviceAdmin);
        }
    }

i want to get service name from app.config.

    var serviceAdmin = new ServiceInstaller
    {
        StartType = ServiceStartMode.Manual,
        ServiceName = GetServiceNameAppConfig("ServiceName"),
        DisplayName = GetServiceNameAppConfig("ServiceDisplayName")
    };

    public string GetServiceNameAppConfig(string serviceName)
    {
        //what should i write here?
    }

how to get service name and service display name from app.config file in MyServiceInstaller class.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 14442

Answers (2)

Sinan AKYAZICI
Sinan AKYAZICI

Reputation: 3952

problem is solved with this code 

public string GetServiceNameAppConfig(string serviceName)
{
    var config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(MyServiceInstaller)).Location);
    return config.AppSettings.Settings[serviceName].Value;
}

Upvotes: 23

Nitin Rastogi
Nitin Rastogi

Reputation: 1456

have you tried this - configurationmanager.appsettings["yourkey"]

Upvotes: 0

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