Dan,

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>Error Text:
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>Only elements allowed (C:\FOIApps\MM Wintest 1\bin\Debug\MM Wintest 1.exe.config line 56)

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>my app.config has the following
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>databases
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>add key="EPS\Connection" alue="server=electra;uid=XTEST;pwd=TESTPW;database=EPSquote;"
>databases

It looks like there is a problem in line 56 of your app.config file (the app.config file gets renamed to the file listed above at run time). If you've copied the line above accurately, your string says "alue" instead of "value" which would cause this problem.

Regards,