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Check the links below,<br />
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<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/624942/assemblys-app-config-is-being-ignored-machine-config-being-read-instead" rel="ugc">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/624942/assemblys-app-config-is-being-ignored-machine-config-being-read-instead</a><br />
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<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/242468/where-does-configurationmanager-connectionstrings-get-its-value" rel="ugc">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/242468/where-does-configurationmanager-connectionstrings-get-its-value</a>
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Check the links below,

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/624942/assemblys-app-config-is-being-ignored-machine-config-being-read-instead [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/624942/assemblys-app-config-is-being-ignored-machine-config-being-read-instead]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/242468/where-does-configurationmanager-connectionstrings-get-its-value [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/242468/where-does-configurationmanager-connectionstrings-get-its-value]

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When retrieving connection strings by provider name from the app.config file in a Windows application, the connection strings in machine.config get loaded first, and then the entries from app.config. Adding clear immediately after the connectionStrings element removes all inherited references from the data structure in memory, so that only the connection strings defined in the local app.config file are considered.<br />
reference:<br />
<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms254494%28VS.80%29.aspx" rel="ugc">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms254494%28VS.80%29.aspx</a><br />
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When retrieving connection strings by provider name from the app.config file in a Windows application, the connection strings in machine.config get loaded first, and then the entries from app.config. Adding clear immediately after the connectionStrings element removes all inherited references from the data structure in memory, so that only the connection strings defined in the local app.config file are considered.
reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms254494%28VS.80%29.aspx [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms254494%28VS.80%29.aspx]



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Hi,<br />
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I have a class project among others inside a blank VS project. I have added an app.config file to this project and am using Configuration.Configuratio<wbr />nmanager.C<wbr />onnections<wbr />trings to retrieve connection strings from it. However it is retrieving values from machine.config instead of app.config. Any idea why this is happening and how do I change it?<br />
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Thanks in advance
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Hi,

I have a class project among others inside a blank VS project. I have added an app.config file to this project and am using Configuration.Configurationmanager.Connectionstrings to retrieve connection strings from it. However it is retrieving values from machine.config instead of app.config. Any idea why this is happening and how do I change it?

Thanks in advance

Configurationmanager.Connectionstrings is retrieving values from machine.config instead of app.config

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