Steps:
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To Add the following nuget packages
Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
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You would need to create and add appsettings.json manually and set
copy it to output directory
ascopy if newer
AppSetting.json
{
"ConnectionStrings": {
"BloggingDatabase": "Server=(localdb)\\mssqllocaldb;Database=EFGetStarted.ConsoleApp.NewDb;Trusted_Connection=True;"
},
}
Program.cs (For .NetCore Console App)
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
.SetBasePath(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
.AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", optional: false, reloadOnChange: true);
IConfigurationRoot configuration = builder.Build();
Console.WriteLine(configuration.GetConnectionString("BloggingDatabase"));
}
App.xaml.cs (For .NET CORE WPF)
public partial class App : Application
{
public IServiceProvider ServiceProvider { get; private set; }
public IConfiguration Configuration { get; private set; }
protected override void OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)
{
var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
.SetBasePath(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
.AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", optional: false, reloadOnChange: true);
Configuration = builder.Build();
Console.WriteLine(Configuration.GetConnectionString("BloggingDatabase"));
var serviceCollection = new ServiceCollection();
ConfigureServices(serviceCollection);
ServiceProvider = serviceCollection.BuildServiceProvider();
var mainWindow = ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<MainWindow>();
mainWindow.Show();
}
private void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
// ...
services.AddTransient(typeof(MainWindow));
}
}
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