Fetching connection string from appconfig file in c#

Question

I have the following connection string declared in my app.config file:

Answer 1

For a non-web project, and with app.config set up as in the OP here's what I usually do, since the config file changes names when the app is compiled (to yourapp.exe.config):

    public static Configuration ExeConfig()
    {
        Assembly service = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(YourClass));
        return ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(service.Location);
    }

Then to reference the s'th connection string:

ExeConfig().ConnectionStrings.ConnectionStrings[s].ConnectionString