How can I set the physical path of this xml file programmatically?

Question

I have my hibernate.cfg.xml congif file placed in PersistenceManager project as you see in the picture.

And I need programmatically to set the physical path to this configuration file in this getter to configure NHibernate (the line with cfg.Configure ):

public class SessionService
{
    private static ISessionFactory _sessionFactory = null;
    public static ISessionFactory SessionFactory
    {
        get
        {
            if (_sessionFactory == null)
            {
                Configuration cfg = new Configuration();
                string fullPath = (new SessionService()).GetType().Assembly.Location;

                cfg.Configure(@"the working path to hibernate.cfg.xml");

                //I will Add Mapping directives here

                _sessionFactory = cfg.BuildSessionFactory();
            }

            return _sessionFactory;
        }
    }
}

How can I do it safely just by typing the string "hibernate.cfg.xml" and letting the C# to generate the rest of the physical path?

Answer 1

In the properties window for the file, set the "Copy to Output Directory" to "Copy if newer". It should then be found by the Configure method without adding a path (just the filename).

Edit: To get the full path at runtime, you can try this:

cfg.Configure(Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location), @"hibernate.cfg.xml"));