Subsonic Access To App.Config Connection Strings From Referenced DLL in Powershell Script

Question

I\'ve got a DLL that contains Subsonic-generated and augmented code to access a data model. Actually, it is a merged DLL of that original assembly, Subsonic itself and a few

Answer 1

Did you add the System.Configuration assembly to your PowerShell session? The following works for me:

PS> gc .\app.config

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<configuration>
    <connectionStrings>
      <clear />
      <add name="Name"
           providerName="System.Data.ProviderName"
           connectionString="Valid Connection String;" />
    </connectionStrings>
</configuration>

PS> [appdomain]::CurrentDomain.SetData("APP_CONFIG_FILE", "$home\app.config")
PS> Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Configuration
PS> [Configuration.ConfigurationManager]::ConnectionStrings['Name']

Name                    : Name
ConnectionString        : Valid Connection String;
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