How to include .config file or a dependency project in to bin folder of a main project?

Question

I have a business project that contains code for business rules, in this project I have setting file storing the message for exception ( to avoid hard coding).

In UI project, I refer to business project and UI project has a method throws exception which has exception message defined in business project.

But after build, I can not find the Business.config because it didn't copy to the UI bin folder.

So how to include business setting/config file in to UI project?

I figure out that whole the application setting section is included in the Business.dll file. This way I can not change the exception message later without rebuild the solution.

Any idea? Thanks

Answer 1

Right click on the Business.config file in Solution Explorer.

Select Properties and set Property Copy to Output Directory to Copy if Newer or Copy always .

This will copy configuration along with your business project dll (where ever you reference it in other C# project).

See image below: