Where is SSIS Package Config File At?

I found a solution to execute SSIS package from button on Winform. The solution will work once I find the path to the SSIS package config file (in my opinion).  Where do I find this?

@Vaibhav
I found the following solution that I want to use for a user to execute an SSIS package at the click of the button:
stringsPackage =
@"C:\Path";
stringsConfig =
@"C:\Path"; 
//thought this was used for ssis config file
OpenFileDialogfDialog =
newOpenFileDialog();
            fDialog.Title =
"Open Package";
            fDialog.Filter =
"SSIS Package (*.dts, *.dtsx)|*.dts;*.dtsx";
            fDialog.InitialDirectory =
@"C:\";
            sPackage = fDialog.FileName.ToString();
OpenFileDialogf2Dialog =
newOpenFileDialog();
            fDialog.Title =
"Open Package";
            fDialog.Filter =
"SSIS Package (*.dts, *.dtsx)|*.dts;*.dtsx";
            fDialog.InitialDirectory =
@"C:\";
            sConfig = fDialog.FileName.ToString();
MyEventListenereventListener =
newMyEventListener();   
            Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.
Applicationapp =
newMicrosoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Application();
            Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.
Packagepkg = app.LoadPackage(sPackage,
eventListener, false);
            Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.
DTSExecResultpkgResults = pkg.Execute(null,
null, eventListener ,
null,
null);
MessageBox.Show(pkgResults.ToString());
class
MyEventListener:
DefaultEvents
publicoverrideboolOnError(DtsObjectsource,
interrorCode,
stringsubComponent,
stringdescription,
stringhelpFile,
inthelpContext,
stringidofInterfaceWithError)
// Add application-specific diagnostics here.
MessageBox.Show("Error
in "+
"/t"+ source
+ "/t"+
subComponent + "/t"+
description);
returnfalse;
May you explain to me what I am missing.  The following are the errors I am getting when running and compiled:
"Error in/t Micrrosoft.SqlServer.DTs.Runtime.Package /t/t Unable to load the package as XML because of package does not have a valid XML format.  A specific XML parser error will be posted."
Then...
"Error in/t Micrrosoft.SqlServer.DTs.Runtime.Package /t/t Failed to open package file "" due to error 0x8000057 "The parameter is incorrect.". This occurs when a loading a package and the file cannot be opened or loaded correctly
into the XML document.  This can be the result of specifying an incorrect file name when calling LoadPackage or the specified XML file has an incorrect format."

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