C# DLL config file

Question

Im trying to add an app.config file to my DLL, but all attempts have failed.

According to MusicGenesis in \'Putting configuration information in a DLL\' this should

Answer 1

you are correct, you can read the config file of a dll. I struggled with this for a day until i found out that the my config file was the issue. See my code below. it was able to run.

        ExeConfigurationFileMap map = new ExeConfigurationFileMap();
        map.ExeConfigFilename = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location + ".config";
        Configuration libConfig = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(map, ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
        AppSettingsSection section = (libConfig.GetSection("appSettings") as AppSettingsSection);
        Console.WriteLine(section.Settings["dnd_shortcodes"].Value);

my Plugin1.dll.config looked as below;

I found out that my config file lacked the tag, so look around, your issue could have been different but not so far from mine.