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#1: Aug 18 '09
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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
  2. <configuration>
  3.     <configSections>
  4.     </configSections>
  5.     <connectionStrings>
  6.         <add name="QwixAssetProject.Properties.Settings.GriffenConnectionString"
  7.             connectionString="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\QwixAsset\qx_AssetDB.mdb"
  8.             providerName="System.Data.OleDb" />
  9.         <add name="QwixAssetProject.Properties.Settings.qxAssetsCompanyBindingSource"
  10.             connectionString="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=|DataDirectory|\qx_AssetDB.mdb"
  11.             providerName="System.Data.OleDb" />
  12.     </connectionStrings>
  13.     <appSettings>
  14.         <add key="Database" value="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\QwixAsset\qx_AssetDB.mdb" />
  15.     </appSettings>
  16. </configuration>
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I want to be able to set the connection strings and database value, how would i go about that

I think i can change the database key with
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  1. ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Set("Database", Set.thePath);
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but how will i set the copnnection strings?
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