I have a App.Config file that users can go to and set some settings to run the program.
But when I go to bin\release folder of my program to copy and give them the exe,DLLs, etc I can't find the App.Config file.
What should I do?
It is a ConsoleApp.
your App.Config willbe converted to ApplicationName.exe.config
so if your application name is SampleApplication.exe then you need to check for the following filename
SampleApplication.exe.config.
FROM MSDN : App.Config
When you develop in Visual Studio, place the source configuration file
for your app in the project directory and set its Copy To Output
Directory property to Copy always or Copy if newer. The name of the
configuration file is the name of the app with a .config extension.
For example, an app called myApp.exe should have a source
configuration file called myApp.exe.config.
Is the App.config file set to copy on build? If you right-click on the App.config in VS, and go to Properties, it should be set to 'Content' and 'Copy Always'/'Copy if newer'.
Here is a screenshot of the Properties screen:
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In Visual Studio 2013/2015, when you compile your program exe it saves the config file to its \bin\ folder.
When you move your program exe to a location like C:\Program Files\ and run it, it saves the config file to %appdata% \AppData\Local\.
Using C# or Visual Studio settings, how do I tell the exe to always save the config file to its current folder and not %appdata%?
I want to make the program portable and not use %appdata%.
\bin\ Folder
AppData Folder
you can change the output path of your build ...
go to project properties >> build tab >> under output section you can change the output path of your build, so it will creates the build at one place with your all files and make it portable
I have a xml file in the setup folder of a windows application. Now during the installation how do i copy this file to my application's folder so that it can be copied to this path C:\Program Files (x86).......
I can not add the file to the application folder in the setup project because the content of file might change after build of setup project.
Its an external xml file in located inside set up folder. and I want to copy this file on installation path(C:/Program Files...) during installation. I will give this file with msi installer in side installer folder.
Please provide any idea if someone have....
If I'm understanding you correctly, this might solve your problem, or at least get you started:
Include the file in the main project (for instance in a folder called "resources"). Right click the file in VS, choose properties, and set Copy to output directory to Coppy Always.
I have just created a WPF application and just been wondering where is my app.config file?
I looked in the bin/Debug and bin/Release directories and there is just one file "WpfApplication1.vshost.exe" and could not find any app.config file.
All I can do is Add->New Configuratin File and this too, doesn't come in debug or Release folder.
Can anyone guide me whether I should manually copy and paste it in the debug or Release Folder?
So finally: the ANSWER
If app.config does not exist, then try creating a new one by "Add->New Item->Application Configuration File" and create a file named "App.config". After this, try rebuilding your application, the .config file specific to your project should appear in bin/Debug & bin/Release folder.
It should be getting copied into the Debug/Release folders automatically. However, you could try explicitly setting the "Copy to output directory" in the properties to Copy always and see if it appears.
After creating simple WPF project my solution look like this. App.config lies there, which is the configuration file itself
When you build your solution, which in my case is named as WpfApplication1, config file lies at WpfApplication1.exe.config in \WpfApplication1\bin\Debug\ folder.
When you build your application,it automatically gets copies to debug/Release Folder.just look for *.config file in those folders.
If you build your project you should have a file named foo.bar.exe.config in you binary directory. The app.config file itself should be visible within your solution directory.
I need to read data from a file in a c# console application.
What works: new StreamReader(#"..\\..\myData.csv");
Problem:
the ..\\..\ work because my exe file is in the bin/Debug directory
When I deploy my project the path doesn't work any longer
Question:
How can I reference myData.csv regardless of the location of the exe file?
I had hoped to find a method that returns the 'root' of my console application
So far I tried the following:
Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName
Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location
Path.GetFullPath("bp.csv")
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory
Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()
All of these expressions lead me to the directory of the exe file not the root.
I just started to read about isolated storage but it would be nice to have something simpler. Any suggestions / recommendations?
The simplest option is probably to add your CSV file to the solution and right-click it in VS and set the build action to "Copy if newer", which will output it together with the .exe (to the Debug or Release folder) when you build.
In the code, you can get the current location of the executing assembly like this:
string folder = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
And then you can combine the path with the CSV file name:
string filePath = Path.Combine(folder, "myData.csv");
Where your myData.csv will be stored ? You should have an absolute location of this file.
there are couple of options
You can place this file at the same directory where your exe is placed so you will only need to do
new StreamReader("myData.csv");
you can define file location in the App.Conig file and read that location.
you can set a path variable an read the PATH variable.
You should change your code to
new StreamReader("myData.csv");
This will ensure that the data is always read from the same folder the .exe is run from.
After that, you can create a post build step to copy the file to the deployment folder (or a subfolder) so that even in your debug environment the file will be in the correct place. The property "Copy to Output Folder" on the data file will do this as well if you just need the file to be in the output path for a project.
If you need more control, n the post build steps you can use macros like $(ProjectPath) to reference where the project files are located and $(TargetDir) to reference where the output directory will be.
Okay I've got my app.config file that is containing my database settings.
All works well on my development machine. But when I install it on a test machine I'm getting a null reference on the following line:
ConnectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["MyDBConn"].ToString();
Why is this happening? I guess that the app.config file isn't found. But isn't this included when you build the setup?
I'm using a very simple setup project in VS2008.
The file app.Config is your source, don't distribute it. When Visual Studio builds your project it copies the file to {AppName}.exe.config (in the same folder as {AppName}.exe ) and that is the file you need to include in your setup.
Select app.config in solution explorer and in the properties tab choose the copy action:
Copy to Output Directory -> Copy always
or
Copy to Output Directory -> Copy if newer
Remember to rename the app.config to the name of the exe.
ie.
myprogram.exe would have an app.config called myprogram.exe.config