Has anyone been able to use the .NET provider model with a winforms app?

Question

I've seen oodles of examples for ASP.NET, but none for winforms. In other words, using the app.config instead of web.config. It would be a shame if it did not work.

Answer 1

Read about Client Application Services if you want to use ASP.NET providers in your Windows apps.

If you wish to use the Provider Pattern in a Windows app, this can also be done. I once did this to allow configuration between a real scanner and a fake one (yes I know I could of used an IOC container).

CodeProject probably has several provider tutorials- here is one: link text

Answer 2

It works exactly the same. The base provider model is part of System.Configuration, which abstracts (provider!) whether the application is configured via app.config or web.config.