cannot get any app settings after renaming app.config

[cloudx]

Hi there, it is driving me crazy. Aftering renaming app.config the following
code I always get null on myApp. It works if I keep the name app.config. Why?

string myApp = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["AppName"];

Thanks!

[Dmytro Lapshyn [MVP]]

Hi,

The IDE recognizes 'app.config' as a special name for the application
configuration file. When you build your project, this file is renamed to
'<yourappname>.exe.config' and copied to the output folder. If you rename
the source file to anything other than 'app.config', the IDE will no more
treat it in any automatic fashion.

--
Sincerely,
Dmytro Lapshyn [Visual Developer - Visual C# MVP]
"cloudx" <cl****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi there, it is driving me crazy. Aftering renaming app.config the
following
code I always get null on myApp. It works if I keep the name app.config.
Why?

string myApp = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["AppName"];

Thanks!

[cloudx]

Hi Dmytro,

Thanks for your reply. I am just wondering why it allows me to rename but it
doesn't work if so? I did see some posts here saying they made it work after
renaming, I tried as what they suggested but still not working. Did I missing
anything?

Thanks

Cloud

"Dmytro Lapshyn [MVP]" wrote:

Hi,

The IDE recognizes 'app.config' as a special name for the application
configuration file. When you build your project, this file is renamed to
'<yourappname>.exe.config' and copied to the output folder. If you rename
the source file to anything other than 'app.config', the IDE will no more
treat it in any automatic fashion.

--
Sincerely,
Dmytro Lapshyn [Visual Developer - Visual C# MVP]
"cloudx" <cl****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B9**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hi there, it is driving me crazy. Aftering renaming app.config the
following
code I always get null on myApp. It works if I keep the name app.config.
Why?

string myApp = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["AppName"];

Thanks!