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correct when creating builds for production releases and for any test environments. As
part of this build step, the appropriate User.confg file must be retrieved from the source
control system and copied into the correct location in order for MSBuild to be able to find
it.
Additional Resources
• For more information, see “Web Projects and Source Control Integration in Visual
Studio .NET” at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/aa290068(VS.71).aspx
• For more information about the ApplicationSettingsGroup class, see
“ApplicationSettingsGroup Class” at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/enus/library/system.configuration.applicationsettingsgroup.aspx
How to Manage Database Dependencies
The following procedure explains how to store and then reference a database connection
string within a user configuration file.
To use a user configuration file to store database connection strings
1. Add a configSource="user.config" attribute to the element of
your main application configuration file as follows:
2. To override the main application configuration file, create a User.config file (located
in the same folder as the application configuration file), and then add a similar
entry to the file.
Notice that the following connection string references a local database:
3. Within your project, use the following code to obtain the connection string from the
user configuration file.
This code uses the static ConnectionStrings property of the
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager class. In the Win Form application,
you must add a reference to System.Configuration.dll explicitly.
using System.Configuration;
private string GetDBaseConnectionString()
{
return ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["DBConnStr"].ConnectionString;
}