By default settings are stored at: C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\<Project Name> How can I change this path to application directory. I also don't want to have d...

We have a couple of long running back-end processes that take longer than the default 30 seconds. Our NHibernate version is 2.0.1.4000 and Spring.NET is 1.2.0.20313. NHibernate is configured throu...

In a asp.net web.config file you can do <appSettings file="local.appSettings.config"> <add key="foo" value="bar" /> </appSettings> and it will look in local.appSettings.config...

.NET allows you to use .settings files to manage application settings. I would like to store Production, Development and Test settings separately in a way that I can do something like this: Enviro...

I have two assemblies in my application. MyApplication.BO and MyApplication.GUI. I have configured property-settings for my BO assembly. Now when I am trying to compile the following code: publi...

How can I access ConfigurationManager.AppSettings in my Windows Forms Application? The error message reads: The name 'ConfigurationManager' does not exist in the current context.

I've written a class that should allow me to easily read and write values in app settings: public static class SettingsManager { public static string ComplexValidationsString { get { return (s...

I have read a lot of statements like "you shouldn't clog your app.config file with custom settings". However, I was under the impression that this was exactly the purpose of the file? Is it just i...

web.config allow a globalization tag: This setting will set the globalization for the entire ASP.NET application. Does this tag work in app.config in standard forms applications too? If yes... w...

I've used these two configuration files many times before, but I've never taken the time to fully understand how they really work. As most people do, I understand the basics in how to call WebConfi...