Environment Picker

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is there any open source or use Environment Picker in dotnet that allows me to simply create a set of environments (whatever that may mean to my application) and then have a picker on startup.

it wouldn't be too hard to build a simple custom one but i would imagine that this is done over and over in every company so wanted to see if there was one put together.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 03 '22 at 14:10

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Have a look at app.config files. They are XML files which contain user or application settings. You'll be able to specify different application (read-only) settings at compile-time. Additionally, you'll be able to specify user settings at runtime.

I use app.config files to save and load things like window positions and other user preferences. I know many people store things like database connection strings, file paths, etc, in app.config.

Here's a simple example.

edited Sep 03 '22 at 14:10

Glorfindel

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answered Jan 04 '09 at 20:36

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i mean having different settings for different regions, environemnts (production, uat, dev) – leora Jan 05 '09 at 00:53
sure, you can have more than one app.config file and swap them out for each build. – Orion Edwards Jan 29 '09 at 05:24

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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It is highly unlikely that you will find such prebuilt functionality, or that it would satisfy you if you did find it.

You may find this answer relevant.

Bottom-line: you will probably be happier and find it to be quicker to build your own.

However, someone just mentioned Spring for .NET, which you should investigate.

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answered Jan 27 '09 at 21:28

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