Question

Any reliable elegant way of detecting whether the current app is a win or web forms (or other) application?

We have a common config class which needs to open either app.config or web.config.

Currently, I’m catching ArgumentException when I try OpenExeConfiguration but it’s not very elegant and might mask other issues.

Answer 1

I usually check if there’s a HttpContext available (if it’s a Web Application since in a Web Service HttpContenxt.Current is null)
To do this, you should add System.Web to your references.

if(HttpContext.Current!=null)
//It's a web application
else
//it's a win application