How to read application settings

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Hi,

I'm writing a two project application. Lets call the first project, ProjectA and the second project ProjectB.

ProjectA contains all the application settings and is a WinForms application. ProjectB is a Service that needs to read ProjectA's settings. So here's the steps I've followed.

1. Make ProjectA's Settings Property Access Modifier Public instead of Internal
2. Add a reference to ProjectA in ProjectB
3. Add a Using to define ProjectA's Namespace in ProjectB
4. Code like this:
bLvl6Rpt = ProjectA.Properties.Settings.Default.Lvl6Report;

What I get in bLvl6Rpt is Lvl6Report's default value, not what is actually set. How do I read the actual settings from ProjectA? I know I can do this easy with an XML file, however I'm trying to learn how this works.

Thank you,
Glenn

Posted 9-Apr-14 16:38pm

gmhanna

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Solution 2

Try
Read/Write App.Config File with .NET 2.0[^]
How to: Read Application Settings from the Web.config File[^]

Posted 9-Apr-14 18:42pm

Abhinav S

Solution 1

I think you can achieve this easily using web-services.
Refer this link.It may help you.
Web Services in C# and .Net[^]

Posted 9-Apr-14 18:40pm

Cheta Pandya

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Bernhard Hiller · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-09T20:36:00

The concept is wrong.
If this is an application for a single user, it looks like shared settings. Consequently, store the settings file in a common location (e.g. %PROGRAMDATA%\YourCompany\YourProductSuite\SharedSettings.xml). The classes used for managing the settings go into one dll which is used by both your desktop application and the service.
If the service deals with several client applications and is expected to apply client-specific settings, such settings are actually parameters to methods of the service and ought to be passed to the service as method parameters from the client.