How to use user.config in c++ cli

Question

I am tired of googling about how to use user.config instead of app.config in a managed C++ application. All I found was about C# and I can't figurate out how to translate to C++ (Properties namespace does not exist)

Anybody can put me in the way to learn about that? I need to know how to create, read and write a user.config file.

Thank you

Answer 1

Follow this steps and it will work like desired:

1 - Add a reference to System.Configuration

2 - Add New Item > Visual C++ > Utility > Configuration file

3 - Open app.config and add your settings for example:

<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="greeting" value="Hallo world!" />
  </appSettings>
</configuration>

4 - Copy the app.config to the output folder in the post build event: goto Project Properties > Configuration Properties > Build Events > Post-Build Events > Command Line and add this:

copy app.config "$(TargetPath).config"

5 - Read your settings:

String^ greeting = ConfigurationManager::AppSettings["greeting"];
Console::WriteLine(greeting);

Here's an AppConfigDemo project in C++/CLI.