reading from app.config file

Question

I am trying to read StartingMonthColumn and CategoryHeadingColumn from the below app.config file using the code

ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings[\"StartingM         


        

Answer 1

ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings is deprecated, see here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.configuration.configurationsettings.appsettings.aspx

That said, it should still work.

Just a suggestion, but have you confirmed that your application configuration is the one your executable is using?

Try attaching a debugger and checking the following value:

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ConfigurationFile

And then opening the configuration file and verifying the section is there as you expected.

Answer 2

This:

Console.WriteLine( "StartingMonthColumn is {0}", ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["StartingMonthColumn"]);

works fine for me.

Note that ConfigurationManager is in the System.Configuration namespace (so you'll likely want a using System.Configuration; statement), and that since what you read in has a string type you'll need to parse what you read in to use it as a number.

Also, be sure you set system.configuration.dll as a reference in your project or build script.