Adding COM Class dll and Windows App .exe to Solution

[coltonfmathews]

I have written a COM accessible .dll that utilizes My.Settings for
certain methods. I would like to have a .exe program to change the
settings that the .dll will be using. I've tried many different
methods but when I open the .exe, it creates a new set of settings
when I save.

 

[Michel Posseth [MCP]]

In the past i have strugled with this the other way around i wanted to have
a seperate config per dll
however it turned out i needed to create the entrys in the hosted apps
config file

then i added this simple solution


Imports System.Configuration
Namespace My
Partial Friend NotInheritable Class MySettings
Private DllSettings As ClientSettingsSection
Private DllConfigDoesNotExist As Boolean
Default Public Overrides Property Item(ByVal propertyName As String)
As Object
Get
Dim oValue As Object = Nothing
Try
'If the .dll.config file has already been loaded, use it
to obtain the value...
If DllSettings IsNot Nothing Then
oValue =
DllSettings.Settings.Get(propertyName).Value.ValueXml.InnerXml
ElseIf Not DllConfigDoesNotExist Then
If Me.LoadDllConfigFile() Then
oValue =
DllSettings.Settings.Get(propertyName).Value.ValueXml.InnerXml
End If
End If
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
Try
If oValue Is Nothing Then
oValue = MyBase.Item(propertyName)
End If
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
Return oValue
End Get
Set(ByVal value As Object)
MyBase.Item(propertyName) = value
End Set
End Property
Private Function LoadDllConfigFile() As Boolean
Dim bDllConfigLoaded As Boolean = False
Dim cfgDll As System.Configuration.Configuration
Dim cfmDllCfg As New ExeConfigurationFileMap()

Dim sAssemblyPath As String =
Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location

Dim strNamespace As String = GetType(MySettings).FullName
strNamespace = strNamespace.Substring(0,
strNamespace.IndexOf("."c))


cfmDllCfg.ExeConfigFilename = sAssemblyPath & ".config"
Try

cfgDll =
ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(cfmDllCfg,
ConfigurationUserLevel.None)

Dim csgApplicationSettings As ConfigurationSectionGroup =
cfgDll.GetSectionGroup("applicationSettings")
Me.DllSettings =
DirectCast(csgApplicationSettings.Sections(strNamespace & ".My.MySettings"),
ClientSettingsSection)
bDllConfigLoaded = True

Catch ex As Exception

'bestaat niet
DllConfigDoesNotExist = True

End Try
Return bDllConfigLoaded

End Function

End Class

End Namespace



wich solved my problem maybe it is also for some use for you


HTH

Michel