{"id":375,"date":"2011-01-05T19:24:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T19:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poojanwagh.opalstacked.com\/techblog\/?p=375"},"modified":"2011-01-05T19:27:13","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T19:27:13","slug":"fail-on-ironruby-1-1-hacking-the-configuration-app-config-or-exe-config-file-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.poojanblog.com\/blog\/progamming\/fail-on-ironruby-1-1-hacking-the-configuration-app-config-or-exe-config-file-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Fail on IronRuby 1.1: hacking the configuration (app.config or exe.config) file location"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary: I can’t get IronRuby to over-ride where it gets its app.config<\/code> file.<\/p>\n

Because I’m glutton for punishment, I decided to try out IronRuby to do some dev work in .NET. I went with the latest IronRuby, which is in .NET 4.0–mostly because it integrates with Visual Studio 2010.<\/p>\n

One of my first stumbling blocks is that by default, you can’t call .NET 2.0 assemblies from .NET 4.0. To enable such cross-calling, you need to have an app.config<\/a> that looks like so:<\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n
\n <\/startup>
\n<\/configuration>
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

That’s great, but where do I put this? I wouldn’t mind changing the global ir.exe.config<\/code> file, but I can’t find that with IronRuby 1.1. I found a solution here: IronRuby and the Configuration (app.config or exe.config) \u00ab vaderpi’s random rants<\/a>. The author warns that it is a hack and probably won’t work with newer .NET versions. That is the case. I can’t get it to work on .NET 4.0.<\/p>\n

If I had it to do over again, I might’ve gone with IronPython–which have latest releases for .NET 2.0SP1 and .NET 4.0. I don’t know if either (or both) of these integrate with Visual Studio 2010.<\/p>\n