# GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Aspnetcore.Viewer.ReportingSettings.UseConfig

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Aspnetcore_Viewer_ReportingSettings_UseConfig_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Aspnetcore.Viewer.ReportingSettings.UseConfig*">UseConfig Method
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<h4 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Aspnetcore_Viewer_ReportingSettings_UseConfig_System_String_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Aspnetcore.Viewer.ReportingSettings.UseConfig(System.String)">UseConfig(string)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Specifies the path to the ActiveReports.config or GrapeCity.ActiveReports.config file.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public void UseConfig(string path)</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <th>Name</th>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">path</span></td>
      <td><p>A <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a> value indicating the path to the configuration file.</p>
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<h5 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Aspnetcore_Viewer_ReportingSettings_UseConfig_System_String__examples">Examples</h5>
<pre><code class="lang-csharp">app.UseReporting(settings =&gt;
{
	settings.UseConfig("/path/to/ActiveReports.config");
});</code></pre>



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<h4 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Aspnetcore_Viewer_ReportingSettings_UseConfig_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Configuration_IConfigurationProvider_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Aspnetcore.Viewer.ReportingSettings.UseConfig(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Configuration.IConfigurationProvider)">UseConfig(IConfigurationProvider)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Specifies the custom config provider.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public void UseConfig(IConfigurationProvider provider)</code></pre>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="../MESCIUS.ActiveReports/GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Configuration.IConfigurationProvider.html">IConfigurationProvider</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">provider</span></td>
      <td><p>A <a class="xref" href="../MESCIUS.ActiveReports/GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Configuration.IConfigurationProvider.html">IConfigurationProvider</a> object representing custom config provider.</p>
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<h5 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Aspnetcore_Viewer_ReportingSettings_UseConfig_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Configuration_IConfigurationProvider__remarks">Remarks</h5>
<div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>Important for fonts file - so customer can generate config based on
see <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.web.httpserverutility.mappath?view=netframework-4.8"></a>
and <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.hosting.ihostenvironment.contentrootpath?view=dotnet-plat-ext-6.0"></a>.</p>
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<h5 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Aspnetcore_Viewer_ReportingSettings_UseConfig_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Configuration_IConfigurationProvider__examples">Examples</h5>
<pre><code class="lang-csharp">app.UseReporting(settings =&gt;
{
	// Your implementation of IConfigurationProvider.
	settings.UseConfig(provider);
});</code></pre>

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