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Asked: 2026-05-10T13:32:49+00:00

I have the following web config file. I am having some difficulty in retrieving

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I have the following web config file. I am having some difficulty in retrieving the value from the ‘AppName.DataAccess.ConnectionString’ key. I know I could move it to the AppSetting block and get it realtively easily but I do not wnat to duplicate the key (and thereby clutter my already cluttered web.config file). Another DLL (one to which I have no source code) uses this block and since it already exists, why not use it.

I am a C# developer (using .Net 3.5) and this is VB code (using .Net 1.1 no less) so I am already in a strange place (where is my saftey semicolon?). Thanks for your help!!

<?xml version='1.0'?> <configuration>     <configSections>         <section name='AppNameConfiguration' type='AppName.SystemBase.AppNameConfiguration, SystemBase'/>     </configSections>     <AppNameConfiguration>         <add key='AppName.DataAccess.ConnectionString' value='(Deleted to protect guilty)' />     </AppNameConfiguration>     <appSettings>         ...other key info deleted for brevity...     </appSettings>     <system.web>      ...      </system.web> </configuration>
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  1. <section name='AppNameConfiguration'  type='AppName.SystemBase.AppNameConfiguration, SystemBase'/>

    The custom section is supposed to have a class that defines how the various configuration data can be managed, (This is in the Type section). Is this class not available for you to examine?

    MSDN has a decent explanation of how to create custom configuration sections in VB that may be helpful to you:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2tw134k3.aspx

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