Quick Question
Is it possible to have more than 1 config
file in a windows service?
Or is there some way I can merge them at run time?
Scenario
Currently I have two config files containing the below contents.
After I build and install my Windows Service, I can't get my custom XML Parser class to read the content because it keeps pointing to the wrong config
file, even though I am using a few lines of code to ensure it gets the right name of the config
file I need to access.
ALSO
When I navigate to the folder in which the service is installed, there is only sign of the normal APP.Config
file, and no sign of the custom config
file. (I have even set the normal ones properties to "Do Not Copy" and the custom ones properties to "Copy Always").
Config
File Determination Code
string settingsFile = String.Format("{0}.exe.config",
System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory
+ Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Name);
CUSTOM CONFIG
File
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<servers>
<SV066930>
<add name="Name" value = "SV066930" />
<processes>
<SimonTest1>
<add name="ProcessName" value="notepad.exe" />
<add name="CommandLine" value="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\notepad.exe C:\\WINDOWS\\Profiles\\TA2TOF1\\Desktop\\SimonTest1.txt" />
</SimonTest1>
</processes>
</SV066930>
</servers>
</configuration>
NORMAL APP.CONFIG
File
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="dataConfiguration" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.Configuration.DatabaseSettings, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=xxxxxxxxxxx" />
</configSections>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="DB" connectionString="Data Source=etc......" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
