Hi,

this has to be really simple, but my searching is only turning up things that do not appear to work.

I have an app.config file with the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
  <appsettings>
    <add key="Client" value="Data Source=MyServer; Initial Catalog=BPOpticalClient; Integrated Security=True"/>
    <add key="Server" value="Data Source=MyServer; Initial Catalog=BPOptical; Integrated Security=True"/>
  </appsettings>
</configuration>

How do I read the Client and Server values from this file?

If I try this:

string clientConnection = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["Client"];

I get a warning that this is obsolete and I should use:

System.Configuration!System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings

Using that gives me an error:

Other examples I've found give various errors.

Anyone have a simple example that will work for me?

update

I found a sample which worked:

string clientConnection = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Client"];

I don't know why this worked now as I had tried it before.