Scenario
I have a windows service written in C# that performs some processing based on parsing an XML
file and use that data to carry out various tasks.
The service also does various bits of logging - which uses settings from an APP.Config
file.
The Problem
When the service is compiled, installed and run, the XML
file seems to disappear. I'm getting the impression that it is just ignored or something like that.
So far
I've tried using TWO App.Config files, one named App.Config that contains settings for the service, and the other called MyService.exe.config that contains all of the data that was used in the XML
file (the idea being that I can parse the XML from a config
file that actually gets compiled and appears in my installation directory.
However
When I do this, all that happens is that ONE config
file appears (with the name MyService.exe.config), but it contains the contents of the App.Config
file and not the XML data that I want to parse.
What I need
All I want is to have a config
file for my settings, and an XML
file for my data.
Question
Is this possible?
I know the application works as it was originally built as a console application that ran fine.
Other
The application has to be designed this way (as in, I need my data stored as XML, and my settings stored in a config file).
Thoughts
If I could somehow combine the contents of the two files into ONE config
file, that would be one way of solving the problem. However, I have tried this and of course I get a "Type Initialisation Exception", as the config
file cannot interprate the XML data (probably because the tags are custom and do not form any part of the config schema - or something like that).
Ideas
Please could someone explain to me if it is possible for me to have an XML
file AND a config
file that will actually be compiled and stored in my installation directory for the service when it is run?
CODE
Custom XML/Data Config
File
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<servers>
<SV066930>
<add name="Name" value = "SV066930" />
<processes>
<SimonTest1>
<add name="ProcessName" value="notepad.exe" />
<add name="CommandLine" value="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\notepad.exe C:\\WINDOWS\\Profiles\\TA2TOF1\\Desktop\\SimonTest1.txt" />
</SimonTest1>
</processes>
</SV066930>
</servers>
</configuration>
APP.Config Settings
File
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="dataConfiguration" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.Configuration.DatabaseSettings, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=xxxxxxxxxxx" />
</configSections>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="DB" connectionString="Data Source=etc......" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
Help greatly appreciated.
