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Chris Pfohl
Chris Pfohl

Reputation: 19074

How to use Application/Assembly properties

I'm writing a two-project solution with a class library designed for re-use, and an application which will consume said class library. The library has a Properties file which is needed both in the library itself and in the application. Unfortunately when I tried to implement this the "obvious" way, by keeping the properties in the Class library and accessing it from the application by fully specifying LibraryName.Properties..., it failed (which only goes to show that instinct is a poor substitute for knowledge).

I'm getting the following error:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException was unhandled
  Message=Configuration system failed to initialize
  Source=System.Configuration
  BareMessage=Configuration system failed to initialize
  Line=0
  StackTrace:
       at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.PrepareConfigSystem()
       at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection(String sectionName)
       at System.Configuration.PrivilegedConfigurationManager.GetSection(String sectionName)
       at System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticsConfiguration.GetConfigSection()
       at System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticsConfiguration.Initialize()
       at System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticsConfiguration.get_IndentSize()
       at System.Diagnostics.TraceInternal.InitializeSettings()
       at System.Diagnostics.TraceInternal.get_Listeners()
  InnerException: System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException
   Message=Unrecognized configuration section userSettings. (C:\Users\CPFOHL\AppData\Local\CompanyName\ProductName.vshost.exe_Url_irhjcfvtmdm11v2ub0re3en5hgllqjz4\10.0.0.0\user.config line 3)
   Source=System.Configuration
   BareMessage=Unrecognized configuration section userSettings.
   Filename=C:\Users\CPFOHL\AppData\Local\CompanyName\ProductName.vshost.exe_Url_irhjcfvtmdm11v2ub0re3en5hgllqjz4\10.0.0.0\user.config
   Line=3
   StackTrace:
        at System.Configuration.ConfigurationSchemaErrors.ThrowIfErrors(Boolean ignoreLocal)
        at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ThrowIfParseErrors(ConfigurationSchemaErrors schemaErrors)
        at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ThrowIfInitErrors()
        at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.OnConfigRemoved(Object sender, InternalConfigEventArgs e)
   InnerException:

The only other information I can think to share is that I have the two projects in separate solutions, and I added the Library with "Add Existing," but that doesn't feel like the error...

I'm sure there's an easy answer, let me know if I can post any extra information.

[EDIT] I'm pretty sure that the Settings are configured correctly. The worked until I moved them to a separate solution. I then moved them back in and have been regretting it since... When I click Synchronize in the Settings editor I get the following:

No user.config files were found in any of the following locations:

It then lists all the places it looked (mostly in User/CPFOHL/AppData). I hope that helps.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 840

Answers (1)

Sam Saffron
Sam Saffron

Reputation: 131152

Can you try deleting C:\Users\CPFOHL\AppData\Local\CompanyName\ProductName.vshost.exe_Url_irhjcfvtmdm11v2ub0re3en5hgllqjz4\10.0.0.0\user.config

Perhaps you changed the type on one of the properties and an old one was already persisted to the per user store.

Upvotes: 1

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