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Asked: 2026-05-10T13:37:59+00:00

Using C# .NET 3.5 and WCF, I’m trying to write out some of the

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Using C# .NET 3.5 and WCF, I’m trying to write out some of the WCF configuration in a client application (the name of the server the client is connecting to).

The obvious way is to use ConfigurationManager to load the configuration section and write out the data I need.

var serviceModelSection = ConfigurationManager.GetSection('system.serviceModel');

Appears to always return null.

var serviceModelSection = ConfigurationManager.GetSection('appSettings');

Works perfectly.

The configuration section is present in the App.config but for some reason ConfigurationManager refuses to load the system.ServiceModel section.

I want to avoid manually loading the xxx.exe.config file and using XPath but if I have to resort to that I will. Just seems like a bit of a hack.

Any suggestions?

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  1. The <system.serviceModel> element is for a configuration section group, not a section. You’ll need to use System.ServiceModel.Configuration.ServiceModelSectionGroup.GetSectionGroup() to get the whole group.

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