First let me explain my architecture. I have an ASP.Net (VB.Net)
application that is the client, a VB.Net Windows Service that is the
remote server for the VB.Net class library remote object. In the
client application I have a web.config file that contains a connection
string in the appSettings element. I don't want to pass the connection
over the wire, so I created an app.config for the class library remote
object and added the same connection entry within the appSettings
element and it contains the following (Where XXX are appropriate
values).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="connectionString" value="Application
Name=XXX;Server=XXX;Database=XXX;UID=XXX;PWD=XXX" />
</appSettings>
</configuration>

The issue is that I'm unable to access the appSettings in the
app.config file. I have read several posts and I have the config file
named "app.config" and it contains the following (Where XXX are
appropriate values):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="connectionString" value="Application
Name=XXX;Server=XXX;Database=XXX;UID=XXX;PWD=XXX" />
</appSettings>
</configuration>

Now both the client app and the remote object have references to
DataAccess and BusinessEntity objects. Inside the DataAccess object
there is a property that returns the connection as follows (Where
Private Shared _defaultConnectionName As String = "connectionString"):

Protected Shared ReadOnly Property DefaultConnectionString() As String
Get
Return
ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Get(_defaultConn ectionName)
End Get
End Property

This code works fine in the ASP.Net client application and has been
working for a long time. I have just added the remoting object to my
project. When I try to get this property it returns Nothing. Any
pointers???

Thank for responses in advance!

Michael,

I posted a question related to yours recently under the subject
"System.Configuration classes in a remote object" so this is really the
blind leading the blind, but I'm hoping to do something very much like what
you're doing. I was assuming however that the remote object would get its
configuration settings not from its own configuration file but from the
configuration of the Windows Service application in which it's hosted. If
you create an app.config file in the Windows Service project, it should
generate service.exe.config (based on your service name) when you build the
service. This is consistent with how class libraries generally get their
configuration context, from the calling application.

Mind you, I have no idea if I'm right. This is just how I thought it would
work. Since what you're trying doesn't work, maybe you could try my approach
and let me know if it works.

Zoe

"Michael Blevins" <mike.blevins> wrote in message
news:8570
[..]

Zoe,

I actually changed my approach from TCP channel to the HTTP channel on
my remote object, effectively removing the Windows service. The remote
object uses its own web.config file when hosted in IIS, so my issue is
resolved... But using binary over http, I have read, is slower than
using the tcp channel. I just need to get this going because of
timeline issues and I haven't received any response in this newsgroup.
Good luck, and I hope you are able to get your application working.

Thanks,
Michael Blevins