[alentor]

Hello I'm trying to use app.config in a simple console application, but my code isn't working. Can please someone check my code?

app.config

<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="level" value="5"></add>
  </appSettings>
</configuration>

console1

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Configuration;

namespace ConsoleApplication2
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string level = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["level"];
            Console.WriteLine("Logger level: " + level);
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

[tlhIn`toq]

These tutorials should help

• Working with environmental variables
  
  
• Easy Application Settings example

[alentor]

tlhIn`toq, on 21 February 2013 - 02:54 PM, said:

These tutorials should help

• Working with environmental variables
  
  
• Easy Application Settings example

Don't think this is what gonna help me. Thank you!

[Curtis Rutland]

Quote

but my code isn't working

So...what is it doing? We need to know what errors you're getting, if any, or what behavior you're seeing, if it differs from what you expect.

Why "It doesn't work!" isn't good enough.

[h4nnib4l]

alentor, on 21 February 2013 - 03:56 PM, said:

tlhIn`toq, on 21 February 2013 - 02:54 PM, said:

These tutorials should help

• Working with environmental variables
  
  
• Easy Application Settings example

Don't think this is what gonna help me. Thank you!

You replied 2 minutes after he posted them, so unless you're the world's fastest reader, I doubt you even bothered to look into them at all. When an expert gives you links to tutorials that he (or others) have created in response to a question, there's a pretty good chance that what you need (or something to get you on the right track at least) is in there. It's a safe bet that unless you're asking something really unusual, then it's probably been asked and answered before. But it that's how you treat efforts at helping you, then you'll probably find it difficult to get more help.

[alentor]

Curtis Rutland, on 21 February 2013 - 03:01 PM, said:

Quote

but my code isn't working

So...what is it doing? We need to know what errors you're getting, if any, or what behavior you're seeing, if it differs from what you expect.

Why "It doesn't work!" isn't good enough.

The application isn't working and at the same time I don't get any type of error.

[Curtis Rutland]

Well, the first thing that springs to mind is that the key you show in the config file in your first post is "level", and the key you're attempting to access in your screenshot is "LoggerLevel". Make sure you're actually using the same key in both locations.

The only other thing I can tell you to do is put a breakpoint and use the Watch palette to determine what the actual values that the AppSettings property contains.

[alentor]

tlhIn`toq, on 21 February 2013 - 02:54 PM, said:

These tutorials should help

• Working with environmental variables
  
  
• Easy Application Settings example

Thank you! I apologize for my first post! This really helped me to understand what is OO! I thought I knew what it is, but after reading your explanation/tutorial I understood it even more! Thank you!