Using Configuration Files with VB.net

[mtbballer]

I have compiled a simple application (host & client) that allows me to control my windows media player with my pocket PC. In the application, the port number is hardcoded into the program.

 

How do I setup and import a configuration file that will allow me to modify this port number without having to recode and recompile the program? (i.e. a flat file that has an entry like "soapport=9000")

[Merrion]

You need to create a configuration file in XML.

The file is exename.config i.e. for a program called woof it would be called woof.exe.config

 

The gubbins goes in:

<configuration>
  <appSettings>
     <!-- Your settings go here... -->
  </appSettings>
</configuration>

[manana]

My woof.exe.config (for woof.exe) is located in the bin folder.

Everytime I run or compile the project, the file disappears.

In addition, the appSettings values return "" (no error).

Are there any obscure settings that control this?

[Merrion]

The VS IDE takes any file in your project called App.config and copies it into the \bin directory as ecename.exe.config when you compile a project.