My.Settings vs External Configuration Files

Looking for some input on using VB.NET with My.Settings values versus using an external configuration file.
The external configuration file is text based COMMAND=VALUE which is read and parsed at run time. It works well having an external configuration file but looking for some input on the thoughts of others. Any good wiki, articles or insights
are appreciated.
--George

One downside (or upside depending on the situation) with using the built in settings file is that a new one gets created each time there is a new version of the software. What I do for this, is I always create a setting called NeedsUpgrade (Boolean) and
it is set to true as its default value.
Then I use code like this:
Private Sub UpgradeMySettings()
'IF NeedsUpdate IS TRUE THEN
'THIS IS A NEW SETTINGS FILE/SOFTWARE VERSION
If My.Settings.NeedsUpdate Then
'CALL UPGRADE() TO MIGRATE ANY PREVIOUS VERSION SETTINGS
My.Settings.Upgrade()
'SET NeedsUpdate FALSE SO THIS WON'T OCCUR AGAIN UNTIL NEXT VERSION
My.Settings.NeedsUpdate = False
'SAVE SETTINGS
My.Settings.Save()
End If
End Sub
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No dsn is present in the configuration file in the reporting services 2008

HI i have found this error in the log file of my reporting services ,
when i comes to the Configuration file in that
my DSN path is empty no input code is there in that DSN tags
<DSN>
<DSN/>
it shows the empty tags,
and my Current Report Server Report Credentials are Windows,Service account credentails
will it take the problem or what
We have repair the BIDS setup also still not able to solve my issue.
once this is resolved now able to send the emails using subscriptions.
pls infom abut this , i have sufferd this problem last 20 days.
Please update the above query with high priority
TanQ

Hi Ychinnari,
According to your description, you found error in log file of reporting services, when you come to rsreportserver.config file, the DSN tag is empty.
DSN specify the database server that hosts the report server database connection string. The report server database is created, this value will be encrypted and added to the configuration file. To solve the problem, we need to connect to either an
existing report server database or create a new one for this instance. For detail information, please refer to the following steps:
Start the Reporting Services Configuration Manager and connect to the report server instance for which you are creating the database.
On the Database page, click Change Database.
We can create a new report server database or select an existing database, then click Next.
Connect to the instance of the Database Engine that you will use to create and host the report server database.
Specify properties used to create the database.
Specify the credentials used by the report server to connect to the report server database.
Review the information on the Summary page to verify the settings are correct, and then click Next.
Verify the connection by clicking a URL on the Report Server URL page or Report Manager URL page.
For detail information about Configure a Report Server Database Connection, please refer to the following document:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159133.aspx
If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask.
Thanks,
Wendy Fu
Wendy Fu
TechNet Community Support

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