i'm trying to use the configurationManager to access the config file in my application but the compiler yells at me with the following error although i've imported the System.Configuration namespace.

>> ConfigurationManager does not exist in the current context

this is the code

string my_Con = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("connectionstring"); // here i added a key in my app.Config file with the name connection and a valid connection string as the value...

also the intellisense does not seem to show me the configurationManager class but when i check in the .net framework v2.0 installed in my C:\windows\Framework\.netframework i can see the ConfigurationManager under the namespace System.Configuration which i imported in my code. so i just don't understand

thanks you in advance

Add a reference to System.Configuration by clicking Project -> Add Reference... and searching through the .NET components for System.Configuration

I hope this helps...

See you,

Ciro

Add a reference to System.Configuration by clicking Project -> Add Reference... and searching through the .NET components for System.Configuration

I hope this helps...

See you,

Ciro

thanks Ciro it worked fine that's cool

thanks

bye

Hi CiroTheodoro,

Thank you for your answer.

Hi All

Just a note to say this is also a problem with Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition - not just the express version.

Cheers

Tyrone

I've also found it to be a problem with VS 2008 Team Suite edition....

David J.

Thanks for this answer. I was having a dickens of a time with this. Hope I can remember it next time...