C# getting a line from appSetting?

Question

Is there an easier way of doing the lines below?

var doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load("../../../MyWebSite/Web.config");
var mysqlconn = doc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode(
    "//appSettings//add[@key='mysqlconn']").Attributes["value"].Value;

score 11 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 09 '13 at 23:13

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System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["mysqlconn"]

Should give you the value. You may want to move them into a <connectionStrings /> section, which you can use:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["mysqlconn"]
                                                                .ConnectionString

edited Mar 09 '13 at 23:13

Abdusalam Ben Haj

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answered Mar 09 '13 at 23:09

Steven V

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Don't forget u will need to add a reference to 'System.Configuration'. – Pure.Krome Mar 09 '13 at 23:11
This is an XML of my other app. How do I load it into ConfigurationManager? – Mar 09 '13 at 23:13

C# getting a line from appSetting?

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