help needed for setup project with configuration files

[softgelsin]

hey all,

i have a console application written in c# which reads input and output file locations from a config file, app.config. i am trying to build a setup installer for that application. I couldnt find how to include that config file in the deployment.
I want to use the setup project method.

Is there anyone know how i need to include the configuration file to the installer.

Greatly appreciated...

softgelsin

[naivE]

Hey.

Just add the config file into the Application folder in the installer.

[softgelsin]

I added but then when i install the program in a different machine, it gives a unhandled error. and dont think it reads from the config file.

Hey.

Just add the config file into the Application folder in the installer.

[Shashi Sadasivan]

Have you hardcoded the path of app.config?

[naivE]

Have you hardcoded the path of app.config?

Sorry, I should have said that. Shashi is right. You are going to need to change your path(s) to a relative one. ..\Config.txt or something. Actually, use

Application.StartupPath + @"\config.txt"

The just make sure that your config file is in the same folder as your exe.

[softgelsin]

thx for your help but no i didnt hard code it. I am using system.configur ation library which includes built-in features so that i dont have to hard code. It knows it needs to look at the app.config file when i say string sLoc = configuration.A ppsettings["fieldname"] ;

any more ideas?

[Shashi Sadasivan]

thx for your help but no i didnt hard code it. I am using system.configur ation library which includes built-in features so that i dont have to hard code. It knows it needs to look at the app.config file when i say string sLoc = configuration.A ppsettings["fieldname"] ;

any more ideas?

use the system.configur ation library to get the path of the app.config...
maybe it cant find it there!

[softgelsin]

but why i need the location of the config file. I am already able to read the config file when i ran the program in visual studio. The problem is when i create a setup project, and install it somewhere else.

what i expecting was when i include the project to the setup project, i also include the config. So i thought it should know it is going to use and create that config file too. It creates but looks like it doesnt use it.

use the system.configur ation library to get the path of the app.config...
maybe it cant find it there!

[Shashi Sadasivan]

Well..havent worked much with installation packages, especially console based ones. Can you however describe the unhandeled error?? have you got a log of it?

but why i need the location of the config file. I am already able to read the config file when i ran the program in visual studio. The problem is when i create a setup project, and install it somewhere else.

what i expecting was when i include the project to the setup project, i also include the config. So i thought it should know it is going to use and create that config file too. It creates but looks like it doesnt use it.

[softgelsin]

unfortunately. it closes itself immediately

Well..havent worked much with installation packages, especially console based ones. Can you however describe the unhandeled error?? have you got a log of it?

[softgelsin]

Also when i am adding the configuration file which one i am adding? there are two of them. One in the main folder named "App.config ", the other one is in the bin/debug folder with the application name "appName.exe.co nfig".

[softgelsin]

I decided to go with xcopy instead of creating a msi package. I am going to install it only on one machine anyways.

Thx all.

[keren]

Did you try:
go to the app.config in the original project ( not setup)
In its properties: Copy To output directory =Copy always
I think this should work
best
Keren