Additional config files

Question

I have loaded the default App.config file in my solution and I'm able to access stored variables from it.

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="foo" value="bar"/>
  </appSettings>
</configuration>

C#

Configuration configManager = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
KeyValueConfigurationCollection config = configManager.AppSettings.Settings;
string foo = config["foo"].Value;

Now I have created another configuration file to store variables for another part of my solution, but I can't figure out how to load it the same way with ConfigurationManager.

Configuration config2 = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration("path/to/config.config");

what happens as you tried? would [this post](https://stackoverflow.com/a/12587078/1132334) help? — Cee McSharpface, Apr 23 '18 at 13:24
Why don't you just use a custom file for setting your configs? — Marco Salerno, Apr 23 '18 at 13:27
Did you set the property of the config file as `Build action = Content` and `Copy to Output Directory = Copy if newer` (or something) ? — Cid, Apr 23 '18 at 13:33

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 23 '18 at 13:26

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Perhaps you are looking for this:

ExeConfigurationFileMap exeConfigurationFileMap = new ExeConfigurationFileMap();
exeConfigurationFileMap.ExeConfigFilename = "your file path here";
Configuration customConfig = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(exeConfigurationFileMap, ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

edited Apr 23 '18 at 13:26

mason

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answered Apr 23 '18 at 13:24

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I'm not able to test this right now -- would the`ExeConfigFilename` attribute be set to the path to the .config file? – ryansin Apr 23 '18 at 13:33
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Yes. it should be the path to config file – danish Apr 23 '18 at 13:34
Thanks. I will give this a go when I'm back at my desk – ryansin Apr 23 '18 at 13:37

Additional config files

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