I have a report that works fine when accessing the viewer through a web app. However, the designer view doesn't work. I get an exception because code I added to my report class depends on a custom configuration section in the config file. I added the custom config section to the app.config file in my report lib project, but it doesn't seem to "see" the section.
I've seen other postings about using the Settings in lieu of app.config, however, I'm not sure that's going to work in my case. Any help would be appreciated.
I've seen other postings about using the Settings in lieu of app.config, however, I'm not sure that's going to work in my case. Any help would be appreciated.
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Hi Jed ,
The following KB article elaborates on this matter: Using connectionStrings from configuration file. In short we use the application settings for the connestionString i.e. Visual Studio would otherwise look for these settings in the devenv.exe.config file.
So as you have correctly found out, you should modify the application settings at design time through its editor and not through the config file, because the changes won't be recorded in the settings metadata;
Of course if you think it is a better option for your case, you can always go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE and alter the devenv.exe.config file manually.
Kind regards,
Steve
the Telerik team
The following KB article elaborates on this matter: Using connectionStrings from configuration file. In short we use the application settings for the connestionString i.e. Visual Studio would otherwise look for these settings in the devenv.exe.config file.
So as you have correctly found out, you should modify the application settings at design time through its editor and not through the config file, because the changes won't be recorded in the settings metadata;
Of course if you think it is a better option for your case, you can always go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE and alter the devenv.exe.config file manually.
Kind regards,
Steve
the Telerik team