I am making one windows application in c# in where i added one file as app.config file.I have written some code in that file as
<appSettings>
<add key ="FlagForArchiving" value="true"/>
</appSettings>
In 'program.cs' file i am reading this value as
ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["FlagForArchiving"].ToString();
On local machine i can retrieve value from config file but whenever i am building that application and running on any other machine then I cant read the value from config file.I am trying to run my application on windows 7.Please help me.Thanks in advance.
app.config
is renamed to <MyProgramName>.exe.config
when you build. When your program runs it will look for that <MyProgramName>.exe.config
file, not app.config
.
You need to deploy the renamed file (<MyProgramName>.exe.config
) along with your program.
In your case, you need to copy over OBViewer.exe
, OBViewer.exe.config
, and any other files that OBViewer.exe
depends on (e.g. other .dll assemblies in your debug/release directory).
By the way, this renamed file is often commonly referred to as "app.config", even if it doesn't have the same filename.
and the app.config file exists on the other machine?
Before reading check if it exists
The exception you get says whats incorrect: "FileNotFoundException"
EDIT
here is the correct way!
if (File.Exists(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ConfigurationFile))
{
MessageBox.Show(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["FlagForArchiving"].ToString());
}