I dont think it is "a dependency file" Why cant you use File.Exist
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Joe Enos <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm sure there's a way, but off the top of my head, you can put a > meaningless appSettings entry in the App.config, and check for the > value of that at the beginning of Main (or if you have a real one > already, just check for that one) - if it's not there, just throw out > an error message to the UI and exit the application. > > On Jun 7, 5:49 pm, Benj Nunez <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello experts, > > > > I would like to know if there is a way to programmatically determine > > if the app.config > > is present before the application can be run? You see, I've been beta- > > testing my own > > application. Intentionally I renamed my "app.config" to > > "app.config.orig" (or something else > > if you may). The program or at least, the CLR should be able to warn > > me about a missing dependency file. > > > > After renaming the app.config, the program still runs. But naturally, > > as you begin > > accessing its visual controls to perform a database action which > > involves instantiating > > objects and such, I would get an error like: "Object reference not set > > to an instance of an object." > > > > So, before it gets to that, I want to be able to detect the presence/ > > absence of > > the app.config at run-time. How do I do this? A simple File.Exists() > > call won't do much. > > > > Benj > -- My Web Site http://everlovingyouth.googlepages.com My Technical Blog http://acutedeveloper.blogspot.com Skype :santhoshnta Orkut :everlovingyouth
