[Mono-winforms-list] Exception retrieving User application setting

[Andrus]

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=343459

Settings: NRE caused by app.config file

I do'nt have 1.2.5 installed to try.

Andrus.

> File a bug.  Is this new to 1.2.6 or does it fail on 1.2.5 as well?  I 
> don't think anyone has done any work on configuration in quite some time.
>
> Thanks!
> Jon
>
> Andrus wrote:
>> Trying to retrieve user application settings causes exception.
>>
>>  How to fix ?
>>
>>  Andrus.
>>
>>  MONO 1.2.6 preview 2
>>  .NET 2 profile
>>  Windows XP
>>
>>  System.Configuration.ConfigurationException: Duplicate element in 
>> collection
>>  ()
>>   at System.Configuration.ConfigurationElementCollection.BaseAdd
>>  (System.Configuration.ConfigurationElement element, Boolean 
>> throwIfExists)
>>  [0x00000]
>>   at System.Configuration.ConfigurationElementCollection.BaseAdd
>>  (System.Configuration.ConfigurationElement element) [0x00000]
>>   at
>> System.Configuration.ConfigurationElementCollection.OnDeserializeUnrecognizedElement
>>  (System.String elementName, System.Xml.XmlReader reader) [0x00000]
>>   at System.Configuration.ConfigurationElement.DeserializeElement
>>  (System.Xml.XmlReader reader, Boolean serializeCollectionKey) [0x00000]
>>   at System.Configuration.ConfigurationSection.DeserializeSection
>>  (System.Xml.XmlReader reader) [0x00000]
>>   at System.Configuration.Configuration.GetSectionInstance
>>  (System.Configuration.SectionInfo config, Boolean createDefaultInstance)
>>  [0x00000]
>>   at System.Configuration.ConfigurationSectionCollection.get_Item
>>  (System.String name) [0x00000]
>>   at
>> 
>> System.Configuration.ConfigurationSectionCollection+<>c__CompilerGenerated0.MoveNext 
>> () [0x00000]  at 
>> System.Configuration.CustomizableFileSettingsProvider.LoadProperies 
>> (System.Configuration.ExeConfigurationFileMap exeMap, 
>> System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyCollection collection, 
>> ConfigurationUserLevel level, System.String sectionGroupName, Boolean 
>> allowOverwrite) [0x00000]  at 
>> System.Configuration.CustomizableFileSettingsProvider.GetPropertyValues 
>> (System.Configuration.SettingsContext context, 
>> System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyCollection collection) [0x00000]  at 
>> System.Configuration.LocalFileSettingsProvider.GetPropertyValues 
>> (System.Configuration.SettingsContext context, 
>> System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyCollection properties) [0x00000]  at 
>> System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.CacheValuesByProvider 
>> (System.Configuration.SettingsProvider provider) [0x00000]  at 
>> System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.GetPropertyValue 
>> (System.String propertyName) [0
> x00
>>  000]  at System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.get_Item 
>> (System.String propertyName) [0x00000]  at 
>> MyApp.Windows.Forms.Properties.Settings.get_Server () [0x00000]  at 
>> MyApp.Windows.Forms.UserLoginForm.InitializeComponent () [0x00000]  at 
>> MyApp.Windows.Forms.UserLoginForm..ctor () [0x00000]  at (wrapper 
>> remoting-invoke-with-check) MyAppWindows.Forms.UserLoginForm:.ctor ()  at 
>> MyApp.AppMainEntry.Main () [0x00000]
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