[RESOLVED] Referencing app.config from another solution

[Aidygus]

I have 2 projects in my solution.

How do I reference the app.config in one project from the other?

[mendhak]

IINM, you can add a file attribute to your existing config file, like so:

<appSettings file="C:\Path\abc.config">

[Aidygus]

Ok. Had a play this morning and this is basically what I want to do.

I have an app that is going to be deployed over a number of sites. there are 7 settings in the app config that need to be changed for each site (connection strings, local email account, email server etc).

After running the deployment project I want the users to be able to run the config program. Seeing as how the configurationsettings.appsettings("KeyName") is a read only collection, I need to know how the config exe can write to the app.config file?

[jmcilhinney]

The config file is XML so you would use an XmlDocument object to edit it. The link below gives an example of almost exactly what you want to do.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...albasicnet.asp

[Aidygus]

Brilliant site that one. Told me everything I needed to know

Cheers