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Joel Peltonen
Joel Peltonen

Reputation: 13442

.net cross-application configuration settings

How would I share configuration data between .net desktop apps? I have used a common .ini file before but now when transitioning into .net I wonder if that's the preferred way any longer? App.config seems more like an application specific file more than a common config file and I don't know how to write settings there as ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Set(...) seems not to actually write any changes.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 436

Answers (1)

Lex Li
Lex Li

Reputation: 63295

It is possible to redirect configuration section to an external file via configSource attribute,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.configuration.sectioninformation.configsource.aspx

So you can put common settings in such a file, and load it in several app.config files.

Upvotes: 3

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