ConfigurationManager

[Magnus]

Hello!

I have found some code saying that the correct way to get application
settings is to use the ConfigurationManager that is in namespace
System.Configuration, but in my VS2005 enviroment this doesn't exists.

What am I doing worng?!?!?! How should I do it?

Regards Magnus

 

[Andy]

Make sure you add a reference to the assembly System.Configuration.

 

[Andrej Tozon]

Hi Magnus,

you'll have to add a reference to System.configuration.dll.

Andrej

 

[Magnus]

Thank you!
Just for understanding: Why did I have to do that? There is a namespace so I
can write system.configuration... without the reference.
I get several object etc there, so whats the different?

Best regards
/Magnus

 

[Andrej Tozon]

Not all objects in this namespace are included in this dll, the
System.Configuration objects are in other dlls too.
So to say, the name of the dll doesn't necessarily map to the namespace
name. Usually it does, but that's not a strict rule.

Andrej

 

[Vlado]

Thank you!
Just for understanding: Why did I have to do that? There is a namespace so
I can write system.configuration... without the reference.
I get several object etc there, so whats the different?

Best regards
/Magnus

Probably because that some functionality is coded in system.dll and other
functionality in System.Configuration.dll, that is, you can not get all the
functionality without adding System.Configuration.dll in references.