How to retrieve appsetings in WinForm Application?

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I have define some appsetings in ap.config like:

<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="MailBody" value="Test Mail body"/>
</appSettings>

.....

I use
txtSubject.Text =
ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["MailSubject"].ToString();

But it can't compile.

How can I retrieve appsetings in WinForm applicaiton

 

[Lars Behrmann]

Hi,

you should use

System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["MailBody"];

You should better read the value into a string first
and after you check that it isn't null set it where
you need it.

Cheers
Lars Behrmann

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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

I have define some appsetings in ap.config like:

<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="MailBody" value="Test Mail body"/>
</appSettings>

....

I use
txtSubject.Text =
ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["MailSubject"].ToString();

But it can't compile.

How can I retrieve appsetings in WinForm applicaiton

It should be ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings, not
ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.

 

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I am using VS2005, it say that the ConfigurationSettings is obsoleted.

I have define some appsetings in ap.config like:

<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="MailBody" value="Test Mail body"/>
</appSettings>

....

I use
txtSubject.Text =
ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["MailSubject"].ToString();

But it can't compile.

How can I retrieve appsetings in WinForm applicaiton

It should be ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings, not
ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.

 

[Frank Dzaebel]

Hello ad,

I have define some appsetings in ap.config like:
<configuration> <appSettings> <add key="MailBody"
value="Test Mail body"/> </appSettings> </configuration>
I use: txtSubject.Text =
ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["MailSubject"].ToString();
But it can't compile.
How can I retrieve appsetings in WinForm applicaiton

Thats ok, if you use .NET Framework 2.0, so

// insert reference to system.configuration.dll [2.0]
// using System.Configuration.
string s = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["MailBody"];


ciao Frank

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

I am using VS2005, it say that the ConfigurationSettings is obsoleted.

Ah. It would have helped if you'd said that to start with...

ConfigurationManager should be fine then. Here's a sample program that
works:

using System;
using System.Configuration;

public class Test
{
static void Main()
{
Console.WriteLine (ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Foo"]);
}
}

Test.exe.config:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="Foo" value="Bar" />
</appSettings>
</configuration>

Could you post a short but complete program which demonstrates the
problem?

See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/complete.html for details of
what I mean by that.