Embedding the app.config into the exe

[karl_ranseier]

Hi,

i am writing a windows application which accesses a webservice. all the properties of the webservice is written into the app.config automatically by Visual Studio.
This config-file will be copied into the release-folder when compiling the project. you have to ship this config-file, otherwise you windows application will not run.

i want to get rid of this config file. is it possible to set all these webservice properties "by hand" in the sourcecode? or is it possible to embed the config-file into the exe? using the property "embedded resource" of the app.config doesn't work. it produces the same error that you get when you didn't ship the config-file.

thank you in advance

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

Put the config file into the exe file, and set the file's 'Copy to output" property to 'Copy if newer" and there ya go

 

[karl_ranseier]

Put the config file into the exe file, and set the file's 'Copy to output" property to 'Copy if newer" and there ya go

this does not work. i have already tested it.

i have put the build-property to "resource" or to "embedded resource" and the output-property to "copy to output".
i get an error when accessing the webservice via my windows application.

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

Have you tried setting the output-property to "copy to output" and not changing the build-property to "resource" or to "embedded resource"?

 

[karl_ranseier]

Have you tried setting the output-property to "copy to output" and not changing the build-property to "resource" or to "embedded resource"?

i have tried every variation without success.

 

[ewart]

Karl, did you solve this? or can anyone? I'm trying the same thing. would be helpful to the me + community if you could post whether a resolution is possible or not (and if so, what it was!) cheers, ewart.