App config for dynamically loaded assemblies

Question

I\'m trying to load modules into my application dynamically, but I want to specify separate app.config files for each one.

Say I have following app.config setting for ma

Answer 1

Ok, here's the simple solution I ended up with: Create the follow function in the utility library:

public static Configuration LoadConfig()
{
    Assembly currentAssembly = Assembly.GetCallingAssembly();
    return ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(currentAssembly.Location);
}

Using it in dynamically loaded libraries like this:

private static readonly Configuration Config = ConfigHelpers.LoadConfig();

No matter how that library gets loaded it uses the correct config file.

Edit: This might be the better solution for loading files into ASP.NET applications:

public static Configuration LoadConfig()
{
    Assembly currentAssembly = Assembly.GetCallingAssembly();
    string configPath = new Uri(currentAssembly.CodeBase).LocalPath;
    return ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(configPath);
}

To copy file after build you might want to add the following line to post-build events for asp app (pulling the config from library):

copy "$(SolutionDir)\$(OutDir)$(Configuration)\.dll.config" "$(ProjectDir)$(OutDir)"