Next Web Designs » C# http://nextwebdesigns.com Growing the Artistic Web Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:23:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 App.config Settings for a Project with no Output http://nextwebdesigns.com/2008/10/17/appconfig-settings-for-a-project-with-no-output/ http://nextwebdesigns.com/2008/10/17/appconfig-settings-for-a-project-with-no-output/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:58:31 +0000 admin http://nextwebdesigns.com/?p=42 Sometimes more than just connection strings need to be stored to a settings or configuration file of some kind. If you are building a mult-tier application and your project is a class library with no run-able code, you can't just throw settings into an app.config file. Likewise, you wouldn't want to put your tier-specific settings in a different project just because that project contains the output (and the app.config).

A simple way around this problem is to create a settings file for your project.  To do so, right click on your project and select "Properties"

Navigate to the "Settings" tab and click the link to create a new settings file

Add the application specific parameters to your settings file via the designer.  Save and rebuild your project.

To use your settings, reference them via the following syntax:

Properties.Settings.Default.MySetting

Enjoy!

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