Configuration Setting

Question

This setting is not allowed in App.Config due to the error The element app settings has invalid element 'BscSerialNumber'. List of possible elements expected 'add,remove,clear'

  <add key="PreValue" value="<BscSerialNumber>"/>

The value <BscSerialNumber> is an actual string that i want in my setting.

Answer 1

You need to escape the angle-brackets. Use < instead of < and > instead of >.

The appsetting entry should end up looking like this:

<add key="PreValue" value="&lt;BscSerialNumber&gt;"/>

When you read the setting in code, it will contain the string, including the angle-brackets: