try pulling ConfigMonitor into the same project to get it to work.

doesnt appear to work so parking it for now.
#54

DataCenter_Windows/WindowsDataCenter/CardReaderService/CardReaderService.csproj

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\ConfigMonitor\ConfigMonitor.csproj">
-      <Project>{6F3878B0-1E07-4DE7-BFEC-509FF4443B71}</Project>
+      <Project>{6f3878b0-1e07-4de7-bfec-509ff4443b71}</Project>
       <Name>ConfigMonitor</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Interfaces\Interfaces.csproj">

DataCenter_Windows/WindowsDataCenter/ConfigMonitor/ConfigMonitor.cs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace ConfigMonitor
             }
 
             _lastChange = DateTime.MinValue;
-            //var configFile = string.Concat(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location, ".config");
+            configFilePath = string.Concat(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location, ".config");
             if (File.Exists(configFilePath))
             {
                 _watcher = new FileSystemWatcher(Path.GetDirectoryName(configFilePath), Path.GetFileName(configFilePath))
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace ConfigMonitor
             if ((DateTime.Now - _lastChange).Seconds <= 5 || IsFileLocked(e.FullPath)) return;
             var monitoredSections = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["monitoredSections"];
 
-            if (monitoredSections!= null)
+            if (monitoredSections != null)
             {
                 IEnumerable<string> sections = monitoredSections.Split(new[] { ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
                 if (sections.Any())

DataCenter_Windows/WindowsDataCenter/WindowsDataCenter/ConfigMonitor.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Configuration;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace WindowsDataCenter
+{
+    public class ConfigMonitor
+    {
+        private readonly FileSystemWatcher _watcher;
+        private DateTime _lastChange;
+
+        public ConfigMonitor(string configFilePath)
+        {
+            if (configFilePath == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(configFilePath));
+            }
+
+            _lastChange = DateTime.MinValue;
+            configFilePath = string.Concat(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location, ".config");
+            if (File.Exists(configFilePath))
+            {
+                _watcher = new FileSystemWatcher(Path.GetDirectoryName(configFilePath), Path.GetFileName(configFilePath))
+                {
+                    EnableRaisingEvents = true
+                };
+                _watcher.Changed += Watcher_Changed;
+            }
+        }
+
+        ~ConfigMonitor()
+        {
+            _watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
+            _watcher.Changed -= Watcher_Changed;
+            _watcher.Dispose();
+        }
+
+        public void Stop()
+        {
+            _watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
+            _watcher.Changed -= Watcher_Changed;
+            _watcher.Dispose();
+        }
+
+        private void Watcher_Changed(object sender, FileSystemEventArgs e)
+        {
+            if ((DateTime.Now - _lastChange).Seconds <= 5 || IsFileLocked(e.FullPath)) return;
+            var monitoredSections = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["monitoredSections"];
+
+            if (monitoredSections != null)
+            {
+                IEnumerable<string> sections = monitoredSections.Split(new[] { ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+                if (sections.Any())
+                {
+                    foreach (var section in sections)
+                    {
+                        ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection(section);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Debug.WriteLine(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SwipeTimeGap"]);
+                ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection("AppSettings");
+                Debug.WriteLine(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SwipeTimeGap"]);
+            }
+            _lastChange = DateTime.Now;
+        }
+
+        private bool IsFileLocked(string filePath)
+        {
+            FileStream stream = null;
+            try
+            {
+                stream = File.OpenRead(filePath);
+            }
+            catch (IOException)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                stream?.Close();
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}

DataCenter_Windows/WindowsDataCenter/WindowsDataCenter/DataCenterService.cs

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace WindowsDataCenter
         private bool _stopMainWorkerThread;
         private Thread _mainWorkerThread;
         private ILogger _logger;
-        private ConfigMonitor.ConfigMonitor _cfgWatcher;
+        private ConfigMonitor _cfgWatcher;
 
         public void Start()
         {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace WindowsDataCenter
             _logger = NinjectHelper.GetInstance().Get<ILogger>();
             _logger.Trace("Starting Data Center Service");
 
-            _cfgWatcher = new ConfigMonitor.ConfigMonitor(configPath);
+            _cfgWatcher = new ConfigMonitor(configPath);
             _logger.Trace("Monitoring App.config for changes");
             _mainWorkerThread = new Thread(MainWorkerThread)
             {

DataCenter_Windows/WindowsDataCenter/WindowsDataCenter/WindowsDataCenter.csproj

@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="CardData.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ConfigMonitor.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controllers\ApplicationController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controllers\CardsController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Configuration.cs" />
@@ -212,7 +213,9 @@
     <Content Include="www\spa.js">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
-    <None Include="App.config" />
+    <None Include="App.config">
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+    </None>
     <Content Include="Help\DalSoft.WebApi.HelpPage.Views\api.cshtml">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
@@ -259,10 +262,6 @@
     <Content Include="sqlite3.dll" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\ConfigMonitor\ConfigMonitor.csproj">
-      <Project>{6F3878B0-1E07-4DE7-BFEC-509FF4443B71}</Project>
-      <Name>ConfigMonitor</Name>
-    </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Interfaces\Interfaces.csproj">
       <Project>{B7347B72-E208-423A-9D99-723B558EA3D7}</Project>
       <Name>Interfaces</Name>