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Where to put DLL specific settings?
I'm not sure how to manage configuration settings in a C#/.NET environment. For simplicity lets say I have 3 assemblies: My MainApplication is the project being started and containing the business ...
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How do you identify unused parts of app and web .config files in .NET? [duplicate]
I am working on removing obsolete/unused pieces of configuration from a .NET product starting with appSettings. There are multiple solutions and I've noticed that appSettings can be in a .config file ...
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Use two parallel instances of the same .NET assembly
I've have an n-tier .NET 4.6 internal business application. It has a business logic layer class library project that references a data access layer class library project. It's designed to decouple the ...
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Managing Multiple Applications With Similar Configuration Files
From the .Net perspective (C#, VB, etc.) and MSSQL, I have noticed that for a set of applications (maintained by the same development team) typically have the same defined configuration for connecting ...
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Working with multiple environments and vNext best practice
The new ASP.NET documentation under Fundamentals/Working with Multiple Environments it has a detailed description of how to handle multiple environments (surprise surprise) in code. I was wondering ...
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Switch Configuration of Several .Net Programs for Several Sections in a Simple Way
We build a highly configurable .Net Client/Server application. (Client is C#/WPF, Server is C#/WebService) There is a single code base, but each customer has its own 'profile'. The profile contains:...
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Is using something other than XML advisable for my configuration file?
I have a small tool I'm designing which would require a configuration file of some sort. The configuration file in my case is really more of a database, but it needs to be lightweight, and if needed ...
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In the context of semantic versioning, does a change in the default configuration warrant a new major version?
My module is enabled by default (i.e. when you add the module). There's also a configuration you can optionally use, which supports an enabled="true|false" setting. This way the module can be disabled ...
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Managing large number of app.config files
We have many windows services and web apps which all rely on a lot of common settings. Currently we use just appSettings as needed and they are referenced by key. Some of the settings are app ...
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