ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["mySetting"] returning null

[Derrick]

I have a C# console app, MyApp, and am placing an application config file in
the same debug dir as MyApp.exe. I have named the file MyApp.config, and
MyApp.exe.config. I cannot read the <appSettings> entries in the file
though, I get null back for properties.

config file
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="mySetting" value="hello_world" />
....

Code is:
string test = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["hello_world"];

Any ideas? test winds up null. I'm going off...

http://www.codeguru.com/Csharp/Csharp/cs_network/configurationfilesinis/print.php/c7987/

Thanks in advance!

Derrick

 

[Chris, Master of All Things Insignificant]

Was it just a typo or shouldn't it be ["mySetting"] not ["hello_world"]

Chris

 

[Jon Sagara]

How did you add the file to your project? Try doing the following:

Right-click on the project and follow the Add popup menu
Click on Add New Item
Under the Local Project Items node, select Utility
Select Application Configuration File and click OK. Leave the file's name
as App.config.

AFAIK, those are the steps you must take to add a config file. I believe
that if you manually add it, it will get deleted every time you build the
project.

- Jon

 

[Derrick]

sorry, just a typo. I am using same code that I use in an ASP.NET web that
does work. only difference is that in the web the config is called
Web.Config

Was it just a typo or shouldn't it be ["mySetting"] not ["hello_world"]

Chris

I have a C# console app, MyApp, and am placing an application config file
in
the same debug dir as MyApp.exe. I have named the file MyApp.config, and
MyApp.exe.config. I cannot read the <appSettings> entries in the file
though, I get null back for properties.

config file
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="mySetting" value="hello_world" />
...

Code is:
string test = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["hello_world"];

Any ideas? test winds up null. I'm going off...

http://www.codeguru.com/Csharp/Csharp/cs_network/configurationfilesinis/print.php/c7987/

Thanks in advance!

Derrick

 

[Derrick]

That was it! Thanks!!!

Derrick

How did you add the file to your project? Try doing the following:

Right-click on the project and follow the Add popup menu
Click on Add New Item
Under the Local Project Items node, select Utility
Select Application Configuration File and click OK. Leave the file's name
as App.config.

AFAIK, those are the steps you must take to add a config file. I believe
that if you manually add it, it will get deleted every time you build the
project.

- Jon

I have a C# console app, MyApp, and am placing an application config file
in
the same debug dir as MyApp.exe. I have named the file MyApp.config, and
MyApp.exe.config. I cannot read the <appSettings> entries in the file
though, I get null back for properties.

config file
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="mySetting" value="hello_world" />
...

Code is:
string test = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["hello_world"];

Any ideas? test winds up null. I'm going off...

http://www.codeguru.com/Csharp/Csharp/cs_network/configurationfilesinis/print.php/c7987/

Thanks in advance!

Derrick

 

[Joakim Karlsson]

You have mixed up the key and the value. 'mySetting' is the key and
'hello_world' is the value.

Your code should read:
string test = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["mySetting"];

Regards,
Joakim