Trouble using ConfigurationManager in C#

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Trouble using ConfigurationManager in C#

Hassan Usman 0

I am having difficulty using ConfigurationManager in my C# code. I have tried various solutions but have not been successful. I am also unable to add a reference. Can someone provide guidance on how to use ConfigurationManager properly? Screenshot 2023-09-11 at 12.04.58 AM

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2023-09-10T19:08:18.6066667+00:00

That depends on what you're trying to do with it. Could you show us a code example of what you've tried already and what isn't working?
Hassan Usman 0 Reputation points

2023-09-10T19:11:07.44+00:00

I tried adding Nu get packages and I tried using system.config
Hassan Usman 0 Reputation points

2023-09-10T19:13:00.42+00:00

I have added an appsetting in app.config file following is the screenshot of it
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2023-09-10T19:14:48.0933333+00:00
Are you just missing the using from the top?

using System.Configuration;
Hassan Usman 0 Reputation points

2023-09-10T19:17:03.9366667+00:00

naah look at this screenshot
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2023-09-10T19:21:42.6366667+00:00

Strange, could you try removing using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration from the top? That namespace also defines ConfigurationManager so I would expect an error message to tell you that it's ambiguous rather than the error in your original post.

Edit: Ah, just re-read your original post. There's a typo - it's ConfigurationManager rather than ConfigrationManager.
Hassan Usman 0 Reputation points

2023-09-10T19:27:14.0666667+00:00

I am trying to solve it for a few hours actually I want to fetch some data from a txt file that is present in the folder of my console app and before my app starts I want to load all words from txt file to a list I was doing it through hard coding way but someone told me to do it through app.config this isn't working can you recomend me somethimg else??
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2023-09-10T19:31:07.1833333+00:00

Reading these values from a text file is fine for this case. You don't necessarily need to store the filename in your app.config, you could just hard-code the file path in your app, but it does give you flexibility for the file name to be configurable. If you fix that ConfigurationManager typo it should work.
Hassan Usman 0 Reputation points

2023-09-10T19:33:08.6866667+00:00

But I don't want to do hard code I have to deliver this project to someone and he don't want this part to be hardcoded

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P a u l 10,761 Reputation points

2023-09-10T19:08:18.6066667+00:00

That depends on what you're trying to do with it. Could you show us a code example of what you've tried already and what isn't working?
Hassan Usman 0 Reputation points

2023-09-10T19:11:07.44+00:00

I tried adding Nu get packages and I tried using system.config
Hassan Usman 0 Reputation points

2023-09-10T19:13:00.42+00:00

I have added an appsetting in app.config file following is the screenshot of it
P a u l 10,761 Reputation points

2023-09-10T19:14:48.0933333+00:00

Are you just missing the using from the top?

using System.Configuration;
Hassan Usman 0 Reputation points

2023-09-10T19:17:03.9366667+00:00

naah look at this screenshot
P a u l 10,761 Reputation points

2023-09-10T19:21:42.6366667+00:00

Strange, could you try removing using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration from the top? That namespace also defines ConfigurationManager so I would expect an error message to tell you that it's ambiguous rather than the error in your original post.

Edit: Ah, just re-read your original post. There's a typo - it's ConfigurationManager rather than ConfigrationManager.
Hassan Usman 0 Reputation points

2023-09-10T19:27:14.0666667+00:00

I am trying to solve it for a few hours actually I want to fetch some data from a txt file that is present in the folder of my console app and before my app starts I want to load all words from txt file to a list I was doing it through hard coding way but someone told me to do it through app.config this isn't working can you recomend me somethimg else??
P a u l 10,761 Reputation points

2023-09-10T19:31:07.1833333+00:00

Reading these values from a text file is fine for this case. You don't necessarily need to store the filename in your app.config, you could just hard-code the file path in your app, but it does give you flexibility for the file name to be configurable. If you fix that ConfigurationManager typo it should work.
Hassan Usman 0 Reputation points

2023-09-10T19:33:08.6866667+00:00

But I don't want to do hard code I have to deliver this project to someone and he don't want this part to be hardcoded

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Hassan Usman 0

I've found the solution just hardcode the path of within the project put your text file in bin folder of the project and change it's extension to .vs and hardcode like this'./Emptytextfile.vs'

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