"Mustaq" wrote:

> Hi Rakesh,
>
> Thanks for your support, What I need is how can I force my VB.NET exes to
> read from one config file
>
> Senario, I have 4 Applications
> EXE
> 1. AA.exe
> 2. BB.exe
> 3. CC.exe
> 4. DD.exe
>
> Its Config files are as follows
> 1. AA.exe.config
> 2. BB.exe.config
> 3. CC.exe.config
> 4. DD.exe.config
>
> all exes are in same directory, so now I need only AA.exe.config to run
> other exex as well. Inside parameters are same.
>
> How can I force applications to read read only AA.exe.config file.
>
> Regards,
> Mustaq
>
> "Rakesh Rajan" wrote:
>
> > Hi Mustaq,
> >
> > I believe you want to share a set of settings among different applications.
> >
> > One way would be to make use of the <appSettings> element file attribute so
> > that it would refer to a common file.
> >
> > Check out the same here:
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpgenref/html/gngrfAppSettingsElement.asp
> >
> > --
> > HTH,
> > Rakesh Rajan
> > MVP, MCSD
> > http://www.msmvps.com/rakeshrajan/
> >
> >
> >
> > "Mustaq" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > How to read same config file from different application?
> > >
> > > I have 4 application in VB.NET, all are using different app.config files.
> > > NOW I need all to read only one config file, how can I do this.
> > >
> > > Thanks in Adv.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Mustaq