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Settings go into console's app. AppSettings["myKey"] — aponzani. This is fighting symptoms, not fixing problems. This makes future updates error prone, as you may want to have separate config values for each project. JeremyThompson: The accepted answer is fine.

My main concern is that providing a link will give you a false sense of security. Maintaining each file separately requires a little more discipline but that's never a bad thing. It also means you are very aware of what's going on, rather than 'assume' everything is okay. The accepted answer is fine - no it isn't even a solution. You can see the file in Solution Explorer is a shortcut, sorry I'm not catering for people who want to maintain copies of essentially the same file!

Solution : The solution that worked for me , Changed ConfigurationManager. Right file is not web. This was my mistake. I was using the wrong web config. AppSettings is in the other web config. Thank you for your help : — Teyler Halama. Thank you champion! BernardV, happy to help :!! Darin Dimitrov Darin Dimitrov k gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Markus Markus 7 7 silver badges 13 13 bronze badges. So if you are having this issue with a 'web. Jeff Kaminski Jeff Kaminski 11 1 1 bronze badge.

Just delete the Debug folder and rebuild. Hope that helps someone. AppSettings["ida:ClientId"]; if you put space between ida: ClientId it will not work and will return null make sure your key value names are correct you can try WebConfigurationManager.

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We are using complex config file dynamically and using class inherited from ConfigurationSection. Based on my research, I could find a way to read external config. Therefore, I have two suggestions. The content you requested has been removed. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads.

Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Is it possible for your to provide a short procedure in setting up a web application property or a farm property? I am not running my share point as a farm but as a stand alone. The event receiver properties I believe Daniel is talking about are the event and List properties accessible in the event receiver.

Event Recievers dont run from the context of the web application. Another words its not Bound to the IIS instance of the web app its fired from this is one of the reason it has to be GAC'd vs bin deployed. You can I don't recommend throw values in the machine config I suppose.

What are you trying to do? The problem was, when I copy pasted my proxy code and app config code into my Event receiver project. So basically, I had to manually create the Binding and Endpoint objects to make the service call. I guess its a work around, but I'd still like to do it the right way. How do I create List properties accessible in the event receiver? Is it possible for you to give me a quick example. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Learn More. Resources for IT Professionals.

Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Remember Me? Advanced Search. Results 1 to 3 of 3. Thread: AppSettings returns null value. July 8th, , AM 1. Join Date Apr Posts AppSettings returns null value Hi, I have come across a rather strange problem, seems quite straightforward, but I can't figure out what is wrong here: I have a C program with an application configuration file app. The contents of app.

I can see the config file in my debug folder also.