Custom config section: Could not load file or assembly

Question

I\'m having a very hard time trying to access a custom configuration section in my config file.

The config file is being read from a .dll that is loaded as a plug-in

Answer 1

Have you made sure that DLL is loaded first? Perhaps with Assembly.LoadFile("PATH")?

If you can't get the classes in System.Configuration to work properly, you can always fall back on using XmlDocument to manually parse the configuration file. Use XPaths to make getting the data easier. For example (assuming your path variable above):

var document = new XmlDocument();
document.Load(path);
var node = document.SelectSingleNode("configuration/importWorkflows/add[@name='KEY']");
// Do whatever with node