Reading App.config to get the value based on key in c# library project

Question

i am trying to read the setting from the app.config , it looks like below

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="Chrome" value="path to the chrome driver" />
    <add key="IE32" value="path to the IE32 driver" />
    <add key="IE64" value="path to the IE64 driver" />
    <add key="Url" value="url to the site"/>
  </appSettings>
</configuration>

i am using the following code to read the content

using System;
using System.Configuration;

public static class Config
{
    public static string ClientId
    {
        get 
        { 
            return ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["IE32"]; 
        }
    }
}

Why does it always return null?

The statement seems to be correct. Does it work with another key? Also, try to add explicit type casting to a (string). — Alexander Bell
– Alexander Bell, Commented May 8, 2013 at 16:29

John Sobolewski · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-08 16:22:18Z

3

How many projects do you have?

I suspect you have 2 projects (or more) then app.config needs to be in the project that is being run not the project with the config class.

Also when you build your project if it is a console app or a windows app the bin directory should contain a .config file with the same name as your exe. In a web app it will be in the root of the app in a file called. web.config.

answered May 8, 2013 at 16:22

John Sobolewski

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Anand S Over a year ago

Hi, thank u its a console app that and its in a solution with several other projects in it ,As you told i checked for the app.config its in the root directory instead of bin , can you tell why this happening thank u :

Dennis Christian Over a year ago

Every solution gets a unique app.config. Multiple app.configs will not be merged on build or deploy. So your code correctly returns a null because the key is not present in the app.config of the started solution.

Dennis Christian Over a year ago

add the keys to the started solutions app.config and it will work

csblo · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-20 11:11:44Z

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You need to set the value before you can get it. Try

public static string ClientId
{
    get 
    { 
        return ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["IE32"]; 
    }
    set 
    { 
        ClientId = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["IE32"];
    }
}

edited Feb 20, 2018 at 11:11

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answered Jun 25, 2015 at 22:40

nikhil

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