Re: Change app.config settings
From: Peter Rilling (peter_at_nospam.rilling.net)
Date: 02/18/05
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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:03:28 -0800
Everything is possible, but not always easy. The configuration file is
handled by .NET and therefore you, directly, cannot force it to reload. One
thing you might do is to alter your architecture such that you are able to
load a new AppDomain instance. Then you can pass the config file which is
loaded, of coarse, this will essentially create a copy of your program in
memory. This is sort of what ASP.NET does. When the config has changed, a
separate processing space is loaded to handle future requests (I think this
is how it works). You could also do away with the whole .NET configuration
system and write your own that can be loaded anytime you want.
Given all this, it just might be easier to restart the service.
"Scanner2001" <jeffsanders125@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have a service with settings in the app.config file. I would like to
> be able to change these settings without restarting the service. Something
> similar to a web.config with web services. Whenever I change a setting,
for
> example the folder that data is written to, the change does not seem to
> register. What I believe is that the app.config is read in at the startup
of
> the exe (windows service), and then never read again. Is there a way to
> force it to read it again? I would prefer not to create another config
file
> if I do not have to.
> Also, is there a more specific group to post to? Such as windows
> services newsgroup?
>
> Thanks,
> J
>
>
>
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