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Asked: June 5, 20262026-06-05T05:16:29+00:00 2026-06-05T05:16:29+00:00

I have the following appSettings section <appSettings> <add key=Foo value=http://foo.bar.com/?app=xxx&FormName=yyy /> </appSettings> But the

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I have the following appSettings section

<appSettings>
  <add key="Foo" value="http://foo.bar.com/?app=xxx&FormName=yyy" />
</appSettings>

But the IDE is giving me two errors:

  1. Error 25 Entity ‘FormName’ not defined.
  2. Error 26 Expecting ‘;’.

It seems the & is causing a problem. I’d like to not have to splt the values up into seperate keys. Is there an elegant way around this issue?

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    2026-06-05T05:16:32+00:00Added an answer on June 5, 2026 at 5:16 am

    You just need to use XML encoding here I believe – so & becomes &amp;

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