如何在父控制台应用程序和ASP.NET Web应用程序之间共享app.config

Question

Scenario

• I have a web application project and a console project.
• The console project is used to send reports in batch and has settings in app.config pertaining to email.
• Sometimes methods in the console project are call from the web application.

After deploying the website, I make sure that I copy consoleProject.exe.config and place it in the same bin folder as consoleProject.exe .

Problem

After deployment, If I make changes to consoleProject.exe.config , the changes are not recognized when calling methods in consoleProject.exe from the web application.

Is this default app.config file only referred to when the actual app is being executed?

Answer 1

Yes, if you're calling code in the console app from the web app, it is treated the same as if you were calling a dll, and your web.config is used.

Similarly, if you call from the console application into code within a web app dll, the app.exe.config file will be used.