I kept getting errors in my log file that messageconfig file not found. It turned out that my application was expecting it in the bin\debug folder. What causes the application to expect so? It seems that when project is built it should copy the config file in bin\debug folder. Am i missing a certain project setting?
App/web.Config files are expected to be in the same directory as the application/web root.
Other, referenced config files may be in other directories, as specified in the main configuration file.
If you right click on the .config file, then on properties there is a Copy to Ouput Directory entry.
This should be set to either Copy if Newer or Copy always, if this is set to Do not copy, the .config will not by copied to the debug/release folder where it is expected.
Config files are expected to be in the same location as the executing assembly.
Check out this SO question:
.NET 2.0 Application Settings (user.config) file location
You could set the files build action to "Copy always"..
usually you only need the .exe. Try to clean and rebuild your project..
Hope it helps
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I am very new to C# and I have read several posts about using configuration files. I have perhaps a very basic question I have been unable to find an answer to. I created a Config folder inside my project to put some path information for input/output files. There also seems to be a Config folder inside the \bin\debug\folder. My App.config file points to Config\appSettings.config. I can't figure out which Config folder is getting used in my project. Is it the Config folder I created or is it the Config folder inside the \bin\debug\ folder? Thanks in advance for any help and I hope I followed all the rules for posting a question.
I think that it's potentially both files.
Whenever you build your application, the compiled .exe, .dll and .config files are copied or written to the \bin\debug folder. The application is then run from the \bin\debug folder. The App.config file in your project directory gets automatically transformed into a file called ProjectName.exe.config which is what the ConfigurationManager class looks for.
If you use configSource in your App.config file to reference another configuration file such as Config\appSettings.config then this will also need to be copied to your \bin\debug folder so that it can be can be accessed when your program is run.
I have website project with a publish profile set up to publish to ~\www\Website (the project source folder is ~\Website)
There is an .xml file in ~\Website\bin that is included in the project (it's the only file from the \bin folder that is) which is required for the CMS (Sitecore).
Looking at the included file's properties menu, Build Action is set as Content and Copy To Output directory is set as Copy Always.
When I run the publish, the file is not copied to ~\www\Website\bin but instead is placed in ~\www\Website\bin\bin.
I've tried changing the "Items to deploy" in the projects Package/Publish properties to "All files in this project" as describe here but the result does not change.
This is quite vexing and I've not been able understand why it occurs. Does anyone have any insight? Thanks.
The basic logic behind "Copy always/if newer" is that the subdirectory structure is preserved when the files are copied to the output directory. Files that are located in subdirectories of your project are copied into the output directory in the same subdirectory structure.
ProjectDir\a.txt -> OutputDir\a.txt
ProjectDir\Subdir\b.txt -> OutputDir\Subdir\b.txt
By default, the bin-directory is the output directory of a web application. So if you put the file into the bin-subdir then it will be copied into bin\bin as you describe.
In order to solve this, move the file to the project directory. It will be copied to the output directory (bin) without a subdirectory.
When I build a windows application. It does not work because it cannot read my app.config file. I looked in the bin directory and it does not have the appname.exe.config file. If I manually copy over the app.config and rename it the appname.exe.config the application will work..but when I build the project this file is never created automagically. What am I missing? Why is my project not creating it? I have looked through the whole folder structure and there is no other config files.
Everyone here is giving you false information I think. I think #bowlturner had it right. According to Microsoft, you do need to set the app.config's Copy to output directory property to either Copy Always or Copy if newer. From Microsoft's MSDN Site:
When you develop in Visual Studio, place the source configuration file for your app in the project directory and set its Copy To Output Directory property to Copy always or Copy if newer. The name of the configuration file is the name of the app with a .config extension. For example, an app called myApp.exe should have a source configuration file called myApp.exe.config.
Visual Studio automatically copies the source configuration file to the directory where the compiled assembly is placed to create the output configuration file, which is deployed with the app.
The correct settings are:
Build Action = None
Copy to Output Directory = Do not copy
and very important, the project file needs to contain this element:
<ItemGroup>
<None Include="App.config" />
</ItemGroup>
The only thing that worked for me was to delete bin\ and obj\ entirely. Rebuild and the file is created fine.
Look on App.config properties, should be:
BuildAction: None
CopyToOutputDirectory: Do not copy
Custom tool and custom tool namespace should be empty
Also try to Rebuild project. Right click on project -> Rebuild
Assuming you're using Visual Studio click your config file in the Solution Explorer and and in the Properties panel set Copy To Output Directory to something other than Do Not Copy.
I´m deploying a project in c# windows forms project, that have a file in bin\Release folder that is needed to run correctly the app(it has some configurations to the use of a dll). when i run the app everything is ok. but if I try to deploy using visual studio, and add the file to the Apllication Folder, doens´t work. (no error messages, it happens exactilly the same if take that file from the bin\Release folder)
How can I deploy the project correctlly ?
config files for DLLs are not used in deployed applications. If you need to tweak the configuration of your dll, copy the corresponding sections to the exe config file.
Only the main assembly configuration is taken.
First, you will need to include the file in your solution.
Then, you need to set the Copy To Output Folder property to "Copy Always" or "Copy if Newer".
The problem we are experiencing was noticed in msbuild. We have an executable in a task that is throwing a FileNotFoundException. This LoadData.exe uses NHibernate to initialize data, so there is an NHibernate.config file in the root of the project.
The properties on the config are set to Content/Copy Always. I can confirm that, on build, this config file is copied to the output directory.
In a console window, you can launch this executable from within the bin/debug directory, and it will work without an error. From outside of this directory, you get a FileNotFoundException on the config file.
The error indicates that the NHibernate.config is being loaded relative to where we are executing MSBUILD in the BUILD directory, and not the LoadData.exe directory. Why is that? Can't we make it absolute to the exe?
Is there a BuildAction setting for this?
Change your code to load the file from the location of your assembly.