Avoid multiple app.config files?

[PeteG]

Hi, I have a C# solution with several projects (in VS2008); one that compiles to an .exe and the others to .dll's
Some of the dll's have web references added and, consequently, they each have their own app.config file automatically created. I would like to have just the one app.config file that resides in my main (exe) project but can't see how to do this. Can anybody help? I have been converting this project from VS2003 to VS2008. I did have this 'one config file' set up in 2003 but can't seem to replicate it this time round. The benefit I am looking for is for ease/maintenance. I would like to have just one place where I can, for example, edit the web service url's so that I can have a config file for UAT, for Dev, for prod etc.

 

[jmeckley]

the auto-creation of config files is a VS thing. you should be able to ingore the "additional" config files and put the required configurations in to the "main" app.config file.

there may be an option to display the auto-creation somewhere in VS. Asking on an offical MS forum (MSDN or something) may yield better results.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

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