get value from app.config file

[babu.rajan]

I am trying set up my addin to read folder name and path from app.config file.

using ConfigurationManager.AppSettings to  get the value.

this is giving me an error.(attached image)

public classAppConfig : IExternalCommand

{

publicResult Execute(ExternalCommandData commandData, refstring message, ElementSet elements)

{

UIApplication uiapp = commandData.Application;

UIDocument uidoc = uiapp.ActiveUIDocument;

Autodesk.Revit.ApplicationServices.

Application app = uiapp.Application;

Document doc = uidoc.Document;

string dir = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["pdfOutput"];

TaskDialog.Show(dir, dir);

　 

returnResult.Succeeded;

}

}

<?

xmlversion="1.0"encoding="utf-8" ?>

<

configuration>

<

configSections>

<

sectionGroupname="userSettings"type="System.Configuration.UserSettingsGroup, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >

<

sectionname="BabuRevitAPI.HCL"type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser"requirePermission="false" />

<

sectionname="BabuRevitAPI.Settings"type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser"requirePermission="false" />

</

sectionGroup>

</

configSections>

<

userSettings>

<

BabuRevitAPI.HCL>

<

settingname="pdfOutput"serializeAs="String">

<

value>pdf outt put folder</value>

</

setting>

<

settingname="auslocal"serializeAs="String">

<

value>aus local folder</value>

</

setting>

<

settingname="test"serializeAs="String">

<

value>I am a test</value>

</

setting>

</

BabuRevitAPI.HCL>

</

userSettings>

</

configuration>

[rosalesduquej · Accepted solution]

Hello, I have resolved your issue, you can check out the blog post I did on it, if you have any more questions feel free to ask them.

http://adndevblog.typepad.com/aec/2014/09/get-value-from-appconfig-file-and-sur-la-france.html

Cheers,