Hi,

first of all: *.config files are case.sensitive and second: to add key/value
settings, you'd use <add> element.

Your config should be:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="connectionstring"
value="server=(local);Trusted_Connection=yes;datab ase=Northwind" />
</appSettings>
</configuration>

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"David Mercer" <fmercer (AT) blueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote

I have no idea why I get error message

An unhandled exception of type
'System.Configuration.ConfigurationException' occured in system.dll

Additional information: Unrecognised configuration section AppSettings

Here is the App.Config files details

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<configuration>

<AppSettings>

<Key="connectionstring" value="server=(local);Trusted_Connection=yes;
database=Northwind"/>

</AppSettings>

</configuration>



and all i want to do is to shoe the value of the connectiostring in a
message box in the form load event, as below.

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

MsgBox(System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings. AppSettings.Get("connectio
nstring"))

End Sub



Surely its not that difficult to spot what I am doing wrong I have copied
and recopied this out time and time again but still cannot read the key
value in the event????



David

<add key="connectionstring" value="" />

That is first. I think you can also simplify the Get() like so (works in
C#):

MsgBox(System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings. AppSettings("connectionstr
ing")

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"David Mercer" <fmercer (AT) blueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote

David,

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"David Mercer" <fmercer (AT) blueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote

I have no idea why I get error message

An unhandled exception of type
'System.Configuration.ConfigurationException' occured in system.dll

Additional information: Unrecognised configuration section AppSettings

Here is the App.Config files details

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<configuration>

<AppSettings>

<Key="connectionstring" value="server=(local);Trusted_Connection=yes;
database=Northwind"/>

</AppSettings>

</configuration>



and all i want to do is to shoe the value of the connectiostring in a
message box in the form load event, as below.

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

MsgBox(System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings. AppSettings.Get("connectio
nstring"))

End Sub



Surely its not that difficult to spot what I am doing wrong I have copied
and recopied this out time and time again but still cannot read the key
value in the event????



David

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