Question

I have written a web service application, in that I have created an INI file in order to save all the server URLs required, but I couldn’t access that INI file whenever I am going to access INI file It will show me this error,

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\default.ini'.
   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
   at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options)
   at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(String path, Encoding encoding, Boolean detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks, Int32 bufferSize)
   at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(String path)
   at DARDMeatInspection.services.QABMeatInspectionService.ReadINI() in D:\DARD\trunk\server\DARDMeatInspection\DARDMeatInspection\services\QABMeatInspectionService.asmx.cs:line 116
   at DARDMeatInspection.services.QABMeatInspectionService.GetAllClassifiers() in D:\DARD\trunk\server\DARDMeatInspection\DARDMeatInspection\services\QABMeatInspectionService.asmx.cs:line 27

Also, is it possible to change content of INI file after deployment?
If I am wrong please correct me. Any help will be highly appreciated.

Answer 1

Why don’t you store your configuration in your app.config/web.config file?

Then grab your values using

string test1 = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["Test1"];