Re: Change app.config settings

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From: William Stacey [MVP] (staceywREMOVE_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/19/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 23:57:24 -0500

I would just write a simple class and use XmlSerializer to load and save
config. 

-- 
William Stacey, MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
"Peter Rilling" <peter@nospam.rilling.net> wrote in message
news:##H6k4gFFHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> 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
> news:#39X1YgFFHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >     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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