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I am trying to add a reference to System.Configuration to make use of the Configuration Manager in Visual Studio 2019 but its not there. I tried browsing to it, but can't find it.
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C# Windows Form using .Net 5.0 Current. I also tried using .Net core 3.1. neither worked.
I think that System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager is available in this case. To add more types and packages, use “Manage NuGet Packages…” window. Search for “System.Configuration” in Browse tab.
No offense to anyone, but this is ridiculously dumb that you now have to add everything individually vs. just adding a reference to it. VS 2015 was so much cleaner and easier to use. Apparently every DLL you want to add a reference too you now have to pull the NuGet package for, even the basics.
Viorel - Thanks for taking the time to give me some direction. I was expecting it to just be there like it used to be. Appreciate the help.
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Hi @John Couch , welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum. I tested on my side and it seems the ConfigurationManager class(System.Configuration) can be used in VS 2019( Winform, .Net 5.0) without installing NuGet packages or adding references. I noticed that for several project templates, it is needed to manually reference it, but perhaps not for Winform(.NET 5.0) project. If you didn’t try it, you can have a try to directly use it by adding using System.Configuration;. If you can't directly use it, could you share me the detailed steps to reproduce this issue?
BTW, I'm happy to hear that Viorel's suggestion work for you.