How to read the value from property file in Powershell script ?

Create a file "scriptname.config" and copy the below xml content and save.

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<configuration>

  <appSettings>

    <add key="folderName" value="powershellFolder" />

    <add key="versionNumber" value="v001" />

  </appSettings >

</configuration>

Open powershell prompt , navigate to the config file folder and execute the below script.

$path = ".\scriptname.config"

$global:properties = @{}

$config = [xml] ( gc $path )

foreach ($addNode in $config.configuration.appSettings.add) {

      $global: properties[$addNode.Key] = $addNode.Value

}

get the values from the key value list "properties" as shown below.

$ properties[" folderName "]

$ properties[" versionNumber "]