I found it. I had renamed it from "app.config" to "bm.config". Apparently .Net expects the name to be App.config.



>>I right clicked on my project and selected Add->New, Application Configuration File.
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>>I added the following:
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>>add key="WorkConnString" value="Data Source=CIS-SI-OFFICE\SQLEXPRESS;Initial  catalog=BusMgr;Trusted_Connection=Yes"
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>>In my code I added:
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>>string sConnString = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["WorkConnString"];
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>>I get Null back.
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>>What am I doing wrong here???
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>Hi,
>Are you sure you put the key in the 'applicationSettings' section of the config file?
>Also System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings is marked as obsolete and been replaced by System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager (but this doesn't mean your version would not work)