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

It's certainly not keen on anything else :-)
FWIW, since you've just started using this you may as well use the System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager class instead since the other is 'obsolete'
Best,
Viv

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>>>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.
>>>
>>>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Also System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings is marked as obsolete and been replaced by System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager (but this doesn't mean your version would not work)