App settings magic?

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Bob Altman

I have an application that consists of two projects, a main program and a
separate DLL assembly. The DLL contains an application-scoped setting,
which I access via something to the effect of My.Settings.SomeSetting.

Now, here is the mystery: I was under the impression that
application-scoped settings are stored in the .config file associated with
the application assembly. But Visual Studio doesn't copy the dll's config
file to the main application directory. The only files I see in the main
application directory are the application's exe, pdb, and config files plus
the dll and it's pdb file. And yet it works. When I call into the dll,
My.Settings.SomeSetting returns the value I've given it in the designer.

Where is this application-scoped setting stored? Is it somehow baked into
the dll? I chose to use the My.Settings magic because I thought I'd end up
with a text file that could be edited in the field if a customer needed to
change that setting. But I can't find the text file...

TIA - Bob
 
Bob Altman said:
I have an application that consists of two projects, a main program and a
separate DLL assembly. The DLL contains an application-scoped setting,
which I access via something to the effect of My.Settings.SomeSetting.

Now, here is the mystery: I was under the impression that
application-scoped settings are stored in the .config file associated with
the application assembly. But Visual Studio doesn't copy the dll's config
file to the main application directory. The only files I see in the main
application directory are the application's exe, pdb, and config files
plus the dll and it's pdb file. And yet it works. When I call into the
dll, My.Settings.SomeSetting returns the value I've given it in the
designer.

Where is this application-scoped setting stored? Is it somehow baked into
the dll? I chose to use the My.Settings magic because I thought I'd end
up with a text file that could be edited in the field if a customer needed
to change that setting. But I can't find the text file...

TIA - Bob
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I was surprised to find that the settings are compiled into the dll. Have a
look at your dll in notepad, and you will find the settings.
 
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