Accessing Values from configSections of App.Config of different application

Question

I am trying to read values from the different configSections of App.Config file from a different application using this code:

public string ReadValue(string FileName,string Key)
        {
     //File name is the path of the App.Config from a different application
         ExeConfigurationFileMap configMap = new ExeConfigurationFileMap();
         configMap.ExeConfigFilename = FileName;

         Configuration config = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(configMap, ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

         var section =config.GetSection("dev") as AppSettingsSection ;
            return section[Key];


         }

I am getting error as System.Configuration.ConfigurationElement.this[System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty]' is inaccessible due to its protection level

How do I get this code working? Thanks

Possible duplicate of [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8587614/configurationproperty-is-inaccessible-due-to-its-protection-level) — Rahul Jha, Oct 12 '15 at 10:58
i dont think its the same thing, because this code tries to access the app.config file from a file path and therefore cannot use OpenExeConfiguration — Tanuj Wadhwa, Oct 12 '15 at 11:22

krlzlx · Answer 1 · 2015-10-12T12:27:05.860

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Try this:

Double click on your Settings.settings file.
Change your Access Modifier to: Public

Screenshot:

edited Oct 12 '15 at 12:27

answered Oct 12 '15 at 11:02

krlzlx

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well, there is no property for Access Modifier for Config File in Console Application – Tanuj Wadhwa Oct 12 '15 at 11:18
Yes there is. See the screenshot I added to my answer and the red rectangle. – krlzlx Oct 12 '15 at 12:28

Accessing Values from configSections of App.Config of different application

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