getting the connectionstring from app.config

R

Robert Smith

Hi, I have a windows forms c#.net app and I want to get the connection string
from my app.config file which is shown below:

how do I achieve this

Thanx in advance
Robert

<configuration>
<configSections>
</configSections>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="DataAccess.Properties.Settings.MARSConnectionString"
connectionString="Data Source=LON-OXBRD01;Initial
Catalog=MARS;Integrated Security=True"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
 
H

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

Robert Smith said:
Hi, I have a windows forms c#.net app and I want to get the connection
string
from my app.config file which is shown below:

<configuration>
<configSections>
</configSections>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="DataAccess.Properties.Settings.MARSConnectionString"
connectionString="Data Source=LON-OXBRD01;Initial
Catalog=MARS;Integrated Security=True"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
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'Properties.Settings.Default.MARSConnectionString'.
 

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