Configurationmanager.Appsettings Getting Null

ConfigurationManager.AppSettings in returning null

One, perhaps easier, alternative is to use a Settings file. This encapsulates the creation and maintenance of App.config values in a designer GUI and generates code for accessing the values.

To add a Settings file, right click your project in VS and click 'Add -> New Item', select 'Settings file' and give it a meaningful name, e.g. MainSettings.settings. You can then add an item, e.g. Foo, specify whether it is application or user-wide, define it's type and a assign it a value. In your code you can retreive the value by simple writing MainSettings.Default.Foo.

After compilation, you can change the value by editing the config file. The setting will appear as follows:-

<applicationSettings>
<YourNamespace.MainSettings>
<setting name="Foo" serializeAs="String">
<value>Bar</value>
</setting>
</YourNamespace.MainSettings>
</applicationSettings>

ConfigurationManager return null instead of string values

Did you ensure that the config file is placed correctly at the directory from which you're running the application? Is there actually a file called <app name>.exe.config in that directory?

I'm just guessing here - maybe you added the App.Config file in a different project then your exe assembly project...?

By the way, I copied your code and App.Config as is to a clean project, and this code worked for me. So I'd look in the direction of the config file itself and not in the code. The code is fine...

Hope this helps,

Ran

URL setting in configuration file returns null

You didn't follow your tutorial properly, if you read "Steps to read AppSettings from External Config File using ConfigurationManager" section carefully, you will see:

Steps to read AppSettings from External Config File using ConfigurationManager:

App.config File

<configuration>
<appSettings configSource="Configurations\Environment.config" />
</configuration>

Create another config file and name it Environment.config under the same project.

Environment.config File

<appSettings>
<add key="URL" value="http://www.example.com"/>
</appSettings>

To read the connection string from the above config file, use the below code:

var url = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["URL"]; 

You need to add an external SomeConfigFile.config file path/reference to your App.config file before using ConfigurationManager.AppSetting["key"].

ConfigurationManager.AppSettings - Returns Null

Ive tried moving the app-config to different projects in the solution and ive recreated the file, but with no luck

your code is correct (i have tested), you need to make sure that your app.config file is in your main project (exe).



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