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  patientd1

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  ConfigurationErrorsException was unhandled.

  Sep 02, 2010 02:43 PM|LINK

  I am trying to create a console application with .Net Framework 3.5.

  I mannually added refrence to System.configuration.

  Then I added new item ApplicationConfigurationFile.

  I have the following code to app.config:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
  <configuration>
  <appSettings>
      <add key="HL7FileServerIn" value="C:\HL7Orders"/>
      <add key="SleepTime" value="5000"/>
    </appSettings>
    <ConnectionStrings>
      <add name="DBConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=CSI-DEEP-ONE\MSSQLSERVER_XYZ;Initial Catalog=Accessioning;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=MyUser;Password=MyPasss"/>
    </ConnectionStrings>
  </configuration>

  
  

  When I run my aplication in a debugger I get the following exception.  Please help me get rid of this problem.
  

  ConfigurationErrorsException was unhandled.
  

  System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: Configuration system failed to initialize

  InnerException: {"Unrecognized configuration section ConnectionStrings. (C:\\Projects\\FileSystemWatcher\\FileSystemWatcher\\bin\\Debug\\FileSystemWatcher.vshost.exe.config line 7)"}

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  Starkemc

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  Re: ConfigurationErrorsException was unhandled.

  Sep 02, 2010 03:50 PM|LINK

  I have deleted some of some project or solution specific settings in the past and received weird errors as a result.   Sometimes its better just to create a whole new project and copy your classes over to it rather then spend all that time trying to figure out how to make things right.  I think you will find that it doesnt take that long.

  Mike Starkey MCP, MCTS
  • Marked as answer by Shengqing Yang - MSFT on Sep 07, 2010 11:46 AM