>When I compile, I get the error:
>"Non-invocable member 'System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings' cannot be used like a method:
>
>

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>>

>>   using System.Configuration;
>>   //
>>   string connString = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("connection");
>>

Sorry, the parenthesis were supposed to be brackets:

string connString = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["connection"];